Sixteen Tons chords by
Bobby Purify
Bobby Purify
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Key: Ab major
Verse 1
G
G

D
D

G
G

D
D

G
G

D
D

G
G

Some
people
D
D

G
G

say a man is made outta mud
D
D

G
G

A poor man's made outta
D
D

muscle and blood
G
G

C
C

Muscle and blood and skin and bones
Verse 2
D
D

A mind that's a- weak and
G
G

a back that's strong
C
C

G
G

You load sixteen tons,
what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me
C
C

'cause I can't go
D
D

C
C

I owe my soul to the
company store
G
G

F
F

Verse 3
D
D

C
C

G
G

I was born one mornin'
when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and
I walked to the mine
C
C

I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
D
D

And the straw boss said "Well,
G
G

a- bless my soul"
D
D

You load sixteen
Verse 4
G
G

D
D

G
G

tons, what do you get
D
D

G
G

Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call
C
C

me 'cause I can't go
D
D

C
C

I owe my soul to the
G
G

company store
F
F

Verse 5
D
D

C
C

G
G

I was born one mornin',
it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
D
D

G
G

I was born in the canebrake
C
C

by an ol' mama lion
D
D

Can't no- a high- toned woman
G
G

make me walk the line
D
D

You load
Verse 6
G
G

sixteen tons, what do you get
D
D

G
G

Another day older and deeper in debt
D
D

G
G

Saint Peter don't you call
C
C

me 'cause I can't go
D
D

Gm
Gm

I owe my soul to the
C
C

G
G

company store
F
F

Verse 7
D
D

C
C

G
G

If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
C
C

One fist of iron, the other of steel
D
D

If the right one don't a- get you
C
C

Then the left one will
Verse 8
G
G

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Gm
Gm

G
G

Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call
C
C

me 'cause I can't go
D
D

Gm
Gm

I owe my soul to the
C
C

G
G

company store
F
F

D
D

Verse 9
C
C

G
G

Sixteen Tons and what do you get
Another Day older and deeper in debt

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ChordsG D C F Gm

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