Sixteen Tons chords by
B.b. King

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Key: F minor•

Intro 1

Fm

Fm

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Db

Db

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C

C

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Fm

Fm

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Db

Db

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Verse 1

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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Some people

C

C

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says the man's made out of mud,

Fm

Fm

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Db

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C

C

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Some people says of muscle and blood

Fm

Fm

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Bbm

Bbm

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Muscle and blood and skin and bone,

Fm

Fm

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A mind that's week and

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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a back that's strong

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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You load sixteen tons,

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Db

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C

C

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so what do you get,

Fm

Fm

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Db

Db

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Another day older and deeper in debt

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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So, St. Peter don't you call

Bbm

Bbm

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me 'cause I can't go,

Fm

Fm

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I owe my soul to the company

Eb

Eb

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Db

Db

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C

C

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Fm

Fm

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store

Db

Db

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C

C

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Fm

Fm

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I was born one morning when

C

C

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the sun didn't shine,

Fm

Fm

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Eb

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Db

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Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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I loaded sixteen ton of

Bbm

Bbm

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number nine coal,

Fm

Fm

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The straw- boss said,

"God- dog your soul"

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Eb

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Db

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You load sixteen tons and,

C

C

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now, what do you get,

Fm

Fm

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Eb

Eb

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Db

Db

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Another day older and deeper in debt

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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So, St. Peter don't you call

Bbm

Bbm

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me 'cause I can't go,

Fm

Fm

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C

C

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I owe my soul to the company

Fm

Fm

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Eb

Eb

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Fm

Fm

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Db

Db

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C

C

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Fm

Fm

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store

Db

Db

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C

C

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Fm

Fm

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I was born one mornin' when it

C

C

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was drizzle in rain,

Verse 2

Fm

Fm

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Db

Db

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Fightin' and shootin' is my middle name

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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Born in a canebreak

Bbm

Bbm

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By an ol' mama hound,

Fm

Fm

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No high- tone mama can

C

C

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make me walk the line

Fm

Fm

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Db

Db

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C

C

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I load sixteen tons, so what do you get,

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Fm

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Eb

Eb

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Db

Db

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Another day older and deeper in debt

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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So, St. Peter don't you call

Bbm

Bbm

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me 'cause I can't go,

Fm

Fm

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C

C

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Fm

Fm

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Eb

Eb

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I owe my soul to the company store

Fm

Fm

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Db

Db

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C

C

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Fm

Fm

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Eb

Eb

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Fm

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Db

Db

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Fm

Fm

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You see me comin'

C

C

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you better step aside,

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Fm

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Eb

Eb

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Fm

Fm

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A lot of men didn't and

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a whole lot of them died

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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Bbm

Bbm

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One fist of iron and one of steal,

Fm

Fm

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The right one don't get you,

C

C

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boy, the left one will

Fm

Fm

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Db

Db

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C

C

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So, load sixteen ton, what do you get,

Fm

Fm

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Eb

Eb

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Fm

Fm

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Db

Db

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Another day older and deeper in debt

C

C

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Fm

Fm

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So, St. Peter don't you call

Bbm

Bbm

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me 'cause I can't go,

Fm

Fm

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I owe my soul to the company store

Outro 1

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Eb

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C

C

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Fm

Fm

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Eb

Eb

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Fm

Fm

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Db

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C

C

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Fm

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