Sixteen Tons

Sixteen Tons easy guitar chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

1955Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Some 
    people 
    say 
    man 
    is 
    made 
    outta 
    mud 

    poor 
    man's 
    made 
    outta 
    muscle 
    and 
    blood 

    Muscle 
    and 
    blood 
    and 
    skin 
    and 
    bones 

    mind 
    that's 
    a-weak 
    and 
    back 
    that's 
    strong 

    Chorus 1
    You 
    load 
    sixteen 
    tons, 
    what 
    do 
    you 
    get? 

    A
    nother 
    day 
    older 
    and 
    deeper 
    in 
    debt 

    Saint 
    Peter 
    don't 
    you 
    call 
    me 
    'cause 

    can't 
    go 

    owe 
    my 
    soul 
    to 
    the 
    company 
    store 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 2
    was 
    born 
    one 
    mornin' 

    when 
    the 
    sun 
    didn't 
    shine 

    picked 
    up 
    my 
    shovel 

    and 
    walked 
    to 
    the 
    mine 

    loaded 
    sixteen 
    tons 
    of 
    number 
    nine 
    coal 

    And 
    the 
    straw 
    boss 
    said 

    "Well, 
    a-bless 
    my 
    soul" 

    Chorus 2
    You 
    load 
    sixteen 
    tons, 
    what 
    do 
    you 
    get? 

    A
    nother 
    day 
    older 
    and 
    deeper 
    in 
    debt 

    Saint 
    Peter 
    don't 
    you 
    call 
    me 
    'cause 

    can't 
    go 

    owe 
    my 
    soul 
    to 
    the 
    company 
    store 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 3
    was 
    born 
    one 
    mornin', 
    it 
    was 
    drizzlin' 
    rain 

    Fightin' 
    and 
    trouble 
    are 
    my 
    middle 
    name 

    was 
    raised 
    in 
    the 
    canebrake 

    by 
    an 
    ol' 
    mama 
    lion 

    Can't 
    no-a 
    high-toned 
    woman 

    make 
    me 
    walk 
    the 
    line 

    Chorus 3
    You 
    load 
    sixteen 
    tons, 
    what 
    do 
    you 
    get? 

    A
    nother 
    day 
    older 
    and 
    deeper 
    in 
    debt 

    Saint 
    Peter 
    don't 
    you 
    call 
    me 
    'cause 

    can't 
    go 

    owe 
    my 
    soul 
    to 
    the 
    company 
    store 

    Interlude 3

    Verse 4
    If 
    you 
    see 
    me 
    comin', 
    better 
    step 
    aside 

    lotta 
    men 
    didn't, 
    lotta 
    men 
    died 

    One 
    fist 
    of 
    iron, 
    the 
    other 
    of 
    steel 

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

    then 
    the 
    left 
    one 
    will 

    Chorus 4
    You 
    load 
    sixteen 
    tons, 
    what 
    do 
    you 
    get? 

    A
    nother 
    day 
    older 
    and 
    deeper 
    in 
    debt 

    Saint 
    Peter 
    don't 
    you 
    call 
    me 
    'cause 

    can't 
    go 

    owe 
    my 
    soul 
    to 
    the 
    company 
    store 

    Outro 1
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