Sixteen Tons

Sixteen Tons easy guitar chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

1955Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

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  • Am

  • E

  • D

  • Dm

  • Am

  • E

  • D

  • Dm

  • Intro 1
    Am
    E
    Am
    Am

    Verse 1

    Some people say a man is made outta mud
    Am
    D
    E

    A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
    Am
    Dm

    Muscle and blood and skin and bones
    Am

    A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
    Chorus 1
    Am
    D
    E

    You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
    Am
    D
    E

    Another day older and deeper in debt
    Am

    Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause
    Dm

    I can't go
    Am

    I owe my soul to the company store
    Interlude 1
    Am
    E
    Am
    Am

    Verse 2

    I was born one mornin'

    when the sun didn't shine
    Am

    I picked up my shovel
    D
    E

    and I walked to the mine
    Am
    Dm

    I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
    Am

    And the straw boss said

    "Well, a-bless my soul"
    Chorus 2
    Am
    D
    E

    You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
    Am
    D
    E

    Another day older and deeper in debt
    Am

    Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause
    Dm

    I can't go
    Am

    I owe my soul to the company store
    Interlude 2
    Am
    E
    Am
    Am

    Verse 3

    I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
    Am
    D
    E

    Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
    Am

    I was raised in the canebrake
    Dm

    by an ol' mama lion
    Am

    Can't no-a high-toned woman

    make me walk the line
    Chorus 3
    Am
    D
    E

    You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
    Am
    D
    E

    Another day older and deeper in debt
    Am

    Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause
    Dm

    I can't go
    Am

    I owe my soul to the company store
    Interlude 3
    Am
    E
    Am
    Am
    Am

    Verse 4

    If you see me comin', better step aside
    Am
    D
    E

    A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
    Am
    Dm

    One fist of iron, the other of steel
    Am

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

    then the left one will
    Chorus 4
    Am
    D
    E

    You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
    Am
    D
    E

    Another day older and deeper in debt
    Am

    Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause
    Dm

    I can't go
    Am
    E
    Am

    I owe my soul to the company store
    Outro 1
    Am
    E
    Am
    Am

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