Sixteen Tons Chords by Tom Jones

Tempo:
106.5 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Db

D

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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TOM JONES...SIXTEEN TONS chords
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Some people [E] say a [Eb] man is [Gm] made out of mud,
[G] A old man's [Eb] made out of [Cm] muscle and blood,
[Gm] [F] Muscle and blood, [C] skin and [Db] bone.
[G]
Sixteen son, [C] I'm warning you again,
[G] Another day older [C] and deeper in there,
[G] St.
Peter don't you call me, [C] cause I cannot [Db]
go.
[G] [Ab] My soul to the company store.
[E] [D] [Db]
Well I was [G] born one morning, [D] when the sun did [Db] not shine,
[F] [Em] Picked up my shovel [Dm] baby, I [C] walked to the mine,
Loaded [Em] sixteen ton, [C] on number nine [Dbm] coal.
[F] [G]
Sixteen son, [C] I'm warning you again,
[G] Another day older [C] and deeper in there,
[G] St.
Peter don't you call me, [C] cause I [Db] cannot go.
[G] My soul to the company [Gm] store.
[D] [Bbm]
Well I was born [E] one morning, [G] it was drizzling [C]
rain,
[F] Fighting and trouble, [D] my [Db] middle name,
[G] I was raised in a [E] cane brick, [C] by an old mammal [A] lion.
[G] [D]
[B] Sixteen son, [C] I'm warning you again,
[G] Another day older [C] and deeper in there,
[G] St.
Peter don't you call me, cause I [Db] cannot go.
[G] Oh my soul to [Gm] the company [Gb]
store.
[F] [Eb] [B]
Well [Ab] if you see me coming, better [Eb] step [Dbm]
aside,
A lot of [F] men [E] didn't, a [G] lot of men [Abm] died,
One face of iron, [Db] the other [D] of steel.
[Gb] Get [G] your [Abm] glasses,
[Ab] sixteen son, [Db] I'm warning you again,
[Ab] Another day older [Db] and deeper in there,
[Abm] St.
Peter [Ab] don't you call me, [Db] cause I cannot [D]
go.
[Db] [N] My soul
[Ab] to the company [Abm] store.
[Eb] [D] [B] [Ab]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Db
12341114
D
1321
Ab
134211114
G
2131
C
3211
Db
12341114
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To learn Tom Jones - (Green, Green Grass Of Home, 1967) Sixteen Tons chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - C, Gm, C, G, C, C# and G of chords. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 53 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 106. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: G Minor.

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Some people [E] say a [Eb] man is [Gm] made out of mud,
[G] A old man's [Eb] made out of [Cm] muscle and blood,
[Gm] _ [F] Muscle and blood, [C] skin and [Db] bone.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ Sixteen son, [C] I'm warning you again,
[G] Another day older [C] and deeper in there,
[G] St.
Peter don't you call me, [C] cause I cannot [Db]
go.
[G] _ [Ab] My soul to the company store.
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [Db] _
Well I was [G] born one morning, [D] when the sun did [Db] not shine,
[F] _ [Em] Picked up my shovel [Dm] baby, I [C] walked to the mine,
_ Loaded [Em] sixteen ton, [C] on number nine [Dbm] coal.
_ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ Sixteen son, [C] I'm warning you again,
[G] Another day older [C] and deeper in there,
[G] St.
Peter don't you call me, [C] cause I [Db] cannot go.
_ [G] My soul to the company [Gm] store.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bbm]
Well I was born [E] one morning, [G] it was drizzling [C]
rain,
[F] _ Fighting and trouble, [D] my [Db] middle name,
[G] I was raised in a [E] cane brick, [C] by an old mammal [A] lion.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [B] Sixteen son, [C] I'm warning you again,
[G] Another day older [C] and deeper in there,
[G] St.
Peter don't you call me, cause I [Db] cannot go.
_ [G] Oh my soul to [Gm] the company [Gb]
store.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B]
Well [Ab] if you see me coming, better [Eb] step [Dbm]
aside,
A lot of [F] men [E] didn't, a [G] lot of men [Abm] died,
One face of iron, [Db] the other [D] of steel.
[Gb] Get _ [G] your [Abm] glasses, _
_ _ [Ab] sixteen son, [Db] I'm warning you again,
_ [Ab] Another day older [Db] and deeper in there,
[Abm] St.
Peter [Ab] don't you call me, [Db] cause I cannot [D] _
_ go.
[Db] _ [N] My _ _ soul _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ to _ the company _ _ _ [Abm] store. _
_ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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