Sixteen Tons Chords by The Platters
Tempo:
61.475 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
D
A
Cm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Gm] [D] Some people say a man is made out of mud, [Gm] a poor man is made out [D] of muscle [Gm] and blood,
[Cm] skin and bones, [G#] a mind as weak [F#] [D] as a drum, [Gm] you say skin and what do you give?
Another day bored and deeper in debt, and neither don't you call me, [A] cause I can't
do you, I own my [G] suit, and this joke, I [Gm] was born one morning when the sun didn't shine,
I picked up a shovel and walked over mine, I'm not a 60 [Cm] ton, I'm not a land cruel and
I'm not [C#] a farm fossil, bless me, so [Gm] you're a 60 ton, and what do you give?
Another day bored and [D] deeper in debt, [Gm] and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
you, I own my suit, and this joke, [F#m] if [Gm] you see me come, you f*** that's what's I, [Gm] I
lot a man dead, I lot a man dying, I want this one [Cm] mine, the other still [Gm] there, the
other I will know, who'll get you, the one with you, 60 ton, and what do you give?
Another day bored and deeper in debt, and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
you, I own my suit, and this joke, [G] I [Gm] was born one morning and it was just rain, I fight
the rain, I'm a lawyer, I'm in pain, I was raised in a king [A] break, my old mama's lying
kid, oh, [D] how do you make me walk the [Gm] line, you're a 60 ton, and [D] what do you [Gm] give?
Another day bored and [D] deeper in [Gm] debt, and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
[D#] you, I own my suit, [D]
and this joke.
[N]
[Cm] skin and bones, [G#] a mind as weak [F#] [D] as a drum, [Gm] you say skin and what do you give?
Another day bored and deeper in debt, and neither don't you call me, [A] cause I can't
do you, I own my [G] suit, and this joke, I [Gm] was born one morning when the sun didn't shine,
I picked up a shovel and walked over mine, I'm not a 60 [Cm] ton, I'm not a land cruel and
I'm not [C#] a farm fossil, bless me, so [Gm] you're a 60 ton, and what do you give?
Another day bored and [D] deeper in debt, [Gm] and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
you, I own my suit, and this joke, [F#m] if [Gm] you see me come, you f*** that's what's I, [Gm] I
lot a man dead, I lot a man dying, I want this one [Cm] mine, the other still [Gm] there, the
other I will know, who'll get you, the one with you, 60 ton, and what do you give?
Another day bored and deeper in debt, and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
you, I own my suit, and this joke, [G] I [Gm] was born one morning and it was just rain, I fight
the rain, I'm a lawyer, I'm in pain, I was raised in a king [A] break, my old mama's lying
kid, oh, [D] how do you make me walk the [Gm] line, you're a 60 ton, and [D] what do you [Gm] give?
Another day bored and [D] deeper in [Gm] debt, and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
[D#] you, I own my suit, [D]
and this joke.
[N]
Key:
Gm
D
A
Cm
G
Gm
D
A
[Gm] _ _ [D] Some people say a man is made out of mud, [Gm] a poor man is made out [D] of muscle _ [Gm] and blood,
[Cm] skin and bones, [G#] a mind as weak [F#] [D] as a drum, [Gm] you say skin and what do you give?
Another day bored and deeper in debt, and neither don't you call me, [A] cause I can't
do you, I own my [G] suit, and this joke, _ _ I [Gm] was born one morning when the sun didn't shine,
I picked up a shovel and walked over mine, I'm not a 60 [Cm] ton, I'm not a land cruel and
I'm not [C#] a farm fossil, bless me, so [Gm] you're a 60 ton, and what do you give?
Another day bored and [D] deeper in debt, [Gm] and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
you, I own my suit, and this joke, _ [F#m] if [Gm] you see me come, you f*** that's what's I, [Gm] I
lot a man dead, I lot a man dying, I want this one [Cm] mine, the other still [Gm] there, the
other I will know, who'll get you, the one with you, 60 ton, and what do you give?
Another day bored and deeper in debt, and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
you, I own my suit, and this joke, _ [G] I [Gm] was born one morning and it was just rain, I fight
the rain, I'm a lawyer, I'm in pain, I was raised in a king [A] break, my old mama's lying
kid, oh, [D] how do you make me walk the [Gm] line, you're a 60 ton, and [D] what do you [Gm] give?
Another day bored and [D] deeper in [Gm] debt, and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
[D#] _ you, I own my suit, [D] _ _ _ _ _
and this joke.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[Cm] skin and bones, [G#] a mind as weak [F#] [D] as a drum, [Gm] you say skin and what do you give?
Another day bored and deeper in debt, and neither don't you call me, [A] cause I can't
do you, I own my [G] suit, and this joke, _ _ I [Gm] was born one morning when the sun didn't shine,
I picked up a shovel and walked over mine, I'm not a 60 [Cm] ton, I'm not a land cruel and
I'm not [C#] a farm fossil, bless me, so [Gm] you're a 60 ton, and what do you give?
Another day bored and [D] deeper in debt, [Gm] and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
you, I own my suit, and this joke, _ [F#m] if [Gm] you see me come, you f*** that's what's I, [Gm] I
lot a man dead, I lot a man dying, I want this one [Cm] mine, the other still [Gm] there, the
other I will know, who'll get you, the one with you, 60 ton, and what do you give?
Another day bored and deeper in debt, and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
you, I own my suit, and this joke, _ [G] I [Gm] was born one morning and it was just rain, I fight
the rain, I'm a lawyer, I'm in pain, I was raised in a king [A] break, my old mama's lying
kid, oh, [D] how do you make me walk the [Gm] line, you're a 60 ton, and [D] what do you [Gm] give?
Another day bored and [D] deeper in [Gm] debt, and neither don't you [A] call me, cause I can't do
[D#] _ you, I own my suit, [D] _ _ _ _ _
and this joke.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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