Sixteen Tons chords by
Eddy Arnold

N/A

Key: D major•

Intro 1

A

A

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D

D

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Verse 1

D

D

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Some people say a

man is made out of mud.

A poor man's made out of

muscle and blood.

G

G

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Muscle and blood and skin and bones.

D

D

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With a mind that's weak

A

A

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D

D

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and a back that's strong,

you load sixteen tons.

What do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt.

St. Peter, don't you call me,

G

G

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cause I can't go

D

D

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A

A

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D

D

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I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one morning

when the sun didn't shine

I picked up my shovel and I

walked to the mine

G

G

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Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal

D

D

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F

F

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A

A

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And the straw boss says, well, bless my soul

D

D

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You load sixteen tons

What do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

St. Peter, don't you call

G

G

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me cause I can't go

D

D

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A

A

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D

D

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I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one morning,

it was drizzlin' rain

Fightin' and trouble of

my middle name

Raisin' a cane break by

G

G

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an old mama lyin'

D

D

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Ain't no high -toned woman

A

A

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make me walk the line

D

D

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and you load 16 tons,

what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt.

A

A

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St. Peter, don't you call me,

D

D

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G

G

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Gm

Gm

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cause I can't go.

Dm

Dm

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D

D

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A

A

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D

D

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I owe my soul to the company store.

A

A

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D

D

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If you see me coming,

better step aside.

A lot of men didn't.

A lot of men died.

A

A

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G

G

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Gm

Gm

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One fist of iron, the other of steel.

G

G

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D

D

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A

A

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If the right one don't get you,

then the left one will.

D

D

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You load 16 tons.

What do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt.

St. Peter, don't you call me,

Gm

Gm

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cause I can't go.

D

D

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D

D

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A

A

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I owe my soul to the

D

D

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company store.

you

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsA D G F Gm...

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D
G
F
Gm
Dm

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

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Chords

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D
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Gm
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