Sixteen Tons chords by
Homer And Jethro
Homer And Jethro

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Key: F minor
Intro 1
Fm
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C
C

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Fm
Fm

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Db
Db

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C
C

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Some
Verse 1
Fm
Fm

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people say
Db
Db

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C
C

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a man is made outta dirt
Fm
Fm

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Bow- legged britches and
Db
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C
C

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a humpbacked shirt
Fm
Fm

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Every man has his woman
Db
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Bbm
Bbm

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to make him tick
Db
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Fm
Fm

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But only the miner has his pick
Verse 2
Fm
Fm

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Db
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C
C

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You load 16 tons, how do you feel?
Fm
Fm

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Db
Db

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C
C

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Too tired to work, too scared to steal
Fm
Fm

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Saint Peter,
Db
Db

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Bbm
Bbm

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don't you holler for me today
Fm
Fm

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C
C

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'Cause I'm a- diggin' the
Fm
Fm

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other way
C
C

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Fm
Fm

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Verse 3
Db
Db

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C
C

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Fm
Fm

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Uncle John was a miner,
Db
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C
C

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he was long and tall
Fm
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Db
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C
C

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Chasin' after women made him end it all
Fm
Fm

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He could never catch 'em,
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Bbm
Bbm

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though he tried
C
C

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So old Uncle John laid down and died
Verse 4
Fm
Fm

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Db
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C
C

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Fm
Fm

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Just 16 tons
16 tons
Interlude 1
16 tons
Db
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C
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Fm
Fm

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Bbm
Bbm

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C
C

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Fm
Fm

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C
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Fm
Fm

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Verse 5
Fm
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I was born one mornin'
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C
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when the sun didn't shine
Fm
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I remember my mama was
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C
C

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a- gone at the time
Fm
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The doctor looked down,
Db
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Bbm
Bbm

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and said, "Oh, my
C
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I wonder whether he's
Fm
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gonna walk or fly"
Db
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16
Verse 6
C
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Fm
Fm

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Eb
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Db
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C
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Fm
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tons
(whoa- ooh)
16 tons (whoo)
16 tons
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Bbm
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C
C

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Fm
Fm

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Verse 7
C
C

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Fm
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Well, I've shoveled this
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C
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coal 'til my back is bent
Fm
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Db
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C
C

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My get- up- and- go has got up and went
Fm
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Db
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Bbm
Bbm

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My wife ran away with my friend Jim
C
C

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I don't miss her, but I do miss him
C
C

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You load
Verse 8
Fm
Fm

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Db
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C
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16 tons, what do you get?
Fm
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Db
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Slag in your pants and soaked
C
C

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with sweat
Fm
Fm

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Db
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Bbm
Bbm

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Tennessee Ernie done made this song
C
C

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But the pea- picker sung
Outro 1
the words all wrong
C
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Fm
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