Chords for Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons - 1955 - vinylrip

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_ _ _ _ Some _ [Bb] _
_ people say a man is made out of mud.
[B] A poor [D] man's made [Ab] out of muscle [Gb] and blood.
[B] Muscle [Am] and blood [Gm] and skin [Dbm] and bones.
[B] A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load [A] sixteen tons, [Ab] what do [Bm] you get?
_ Another day older [Abm] and deaf.
[B] Saint [Bm] Peter, don't you call me [Gb] cause I [Db] can't go.
[B] I owe my soul to the company store. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I was born one morning when the sun [Ebm] didn't shine.
[B] I picked up my shovel [Abm] and I walked to [Gb] the mine.
I [B] loaded sixteen tons, [G] a number [Dbm] nine coal.
[B] And the straw ball said, well, bless my soul.
You load sixteen [A] tons, [Ab] what do you get?
[B] _ Another day [Abm] older and deeper [Gb] in debt.
[B] Saint Peter, don't you call me [Gb] cause I [Dbm] can't go.
[Bm] I owe my soul to the company store.
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I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.
Fighting and trouble [Ab] are my middle name.
[B] I was raised in [A] a cane break [C] by an old [Db] mama lion.
Can't [B] no high-toned woman make me walk the line.
You load [D] sixteen tons, [Ab] what [Gb] do you get?
[Bm] Another day older [Ab] and deeper [Bm] in debt.
Saint Peter, [D] don't you call [Em] me cause I can't go.
[Bm] I owe my soul to the company store.
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ If you see me [Gb] coming, better step aside.
[Ab] A lot of men didn't, a lot of men [F] died.
One [A] fist of iron, [G] the other of steel.
[B] If the right one don't [Db] get you, then the left [Ab] one will.
You load sixteen [Bm] tons, what do you get?
_ [Ab] Another day older and deeper [Gb] in debt.
Saint [Ab] Peter, don't you call me [Em] cause I can't _ go. _ _
_ _ _ I owe _ _ _ _ [Bb] my _ _ _ soul _ [B] _ _ to _ _ _ _ _ _ the company store.
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