Chords for The Golden Gate Quartett - The sixteen tonnes (live in France, 1964)
Tempo:
62.8 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Am
G
F#
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[D#]
[Em]
[Am]
[F#m] [Em] 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call [F#] me cause I can't go
Oh my soul, do the [Em] company store
[F#]
[Em] Oh dear
I was born one morning, the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel, I walked with a mile
I loaded 16 tons [C#] of number line coal
And a straw bus it fell, bless my soul
[Em] 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me [C#] cause I can't go
[G] Oh my soul, do the [Em] company store Oh dear
I was born one morning, a drizzling rain
Fights and troubles, my Sunday days
Didn't came [Am] right by, [Em] no I don't want
[E] 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me cause [Am] I can't go
Oh my [C#] soul, do the company [Em] store
[G]
[Em] 16 tons, what you gonna get?
Saint Peter, don't you call me cause I [E] can't go
Oh my soul, do the company [Em]
store
You [F#] see me coming, [Em] you better step aside
A lot of men, a lot of men
One [G] fist of iron, the other of steel
Left or right one, don't get your boy to lift
One [Em] will, you know, 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in [G] debt
Saint Peter, don't you [Am] call me cause I can't go
[B] I oh [A] so
[D]
[Em]
[F]
Oh
[C] [D#]
[D#m]
[F]
[Em] [Em]
Bookoo
Bookoo
[D#]
[Em]
[Am]
[F#m] [Em] 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call [F#] me cause I can't go
Oh my soul, do the [Em] company store
[F#]
[Em] Oh dear
I was born one morning, the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel, I walked with a mile
I loaded 16 tons [C#] of number line coal
And a straw bus it fell, bless my soul
[Em] 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me [C#] cause I can't go
[G] Oh my soul, do the [Em] company store Oh dear
I was born one morning, a drizzling rain
Fights and troubles, my Sunday days
Didn't came [Am] right by, [Em] no I don't want
[E] 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me cause [Am] I can't go
Oh my [C#] soul, do the company [Em] store
[G]
[Em] 16 tons, what you gonna get?
Saint Peter, don't you call me cause I [E] can't go
Oh my soul, do the company [Em]
store
You [F#] see me coming, [Em] you better step aside
A lot of men, a lot of men
One [G] fist of iron, the other of steel
Left or right one, don't get your boy to lift
One [Em] will, you know, 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in [G] debt
Saint Peter, don't you [Am] call me cause I can't go
[B] I oh [A] so
[D]
[Em]
[F]
Oh
[C] [D#]
[D#m]
[F]
[Em] [Em]
Bookoo
Bookoo
Key:
Em
Am
G
F#
C#
Em
Am
G
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call [F#] me cause I can't go
Oh my soul, do the [Em] company store
_ [F#] _
_ [Em] Oh dear
I _ was born one morning, the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel, I walked with a mile
I loaded 16 tons [C#] of number line coal
And a straw bus it fell, bless my soul
[Em] 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me [C#] cause I can't go
[G] Oh my soul, do the [Em] company store Oh _ _ dear _
_ _ _ I was born one morning, a drizzling rain
Fights and troubles, my Sunday days
Didn't came [Am] right by, [Em] no I don't want
_ [E] _ 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me cause [Am] I can't go
Oh my [C#] soul, do the company [Em] store
_ _ [G] _
[Em] 16 tons, what you gonna get?
Saint Peter, don't you call me cause I [E] can't go
Oh my soul, do the company [Em]
store _ _ _ _ _ _
You _ [F#] see me coming, [Em] you better step aside
A lot of men, a lot of men
One [G] fist of iron, the other of steel
Left or right one, don't get your boy to lift
One [Em] will, you know, 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in [G] debt
Saint Peter, don't you [Am] call me cause I can't go
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] I oh [A] so _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D#] _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Em] _ _
Bookoo
_ _ _ _ Bookoo
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call [F#] me cause I can't go
Oh my soul, do the [Em] company store
_ [F#] _
_ [Em] Oh dear
I _ was born one morning, the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel, I walked with a mile
I loaded 16 tons [C#] of number line coal
And a straw bus it fell, bless my soul
[Em] 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me [C#] cause I can't go
[G] Oh my soul, do the [Em] company store Oh _ _ dear _
_ _ _ I was born one morning, a drizzling rain
Fights and troubles, my Sunday days
Didn't came [Am] right by, [Em] no I don't want
_ [E] _ 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me cause [Am] I can't go
Oh my [C#] soul, do the company [Em] store
_ _ [G] _
[Em] 16 tons, what you gonna get?
Saint Peter, don't you call me cause I [E] can't go
Oh my soul, do the company [Em]
store _ _ _ _ _ _
You _ [F#] see me coming, [Em] you better step aside
A lot of men, a lot of men
One [G] fist of iron, the other of steel
Left or right one, don't get your boy to lift
One [Em] will, you know, 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in [G] debt
Saint Peter, don't you [Am] call me cause I can't go
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] I oh [A] so _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D#] _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Em] _ _
Bookoo
_ _ _ _ Bookoo