Sixteens Tons Ukulele bass tab by EELS

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                     Eels - Sixteens Tons
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Album : Sixteen Tons (2003 KCRW Session) (2005)
Tempo : 170 (but the riff is play freely)
E-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr
Tabbed by: newg


Riff intro , bridge and outro

A |--0--------0----|----------------|
E |-----0----------|--0--2--4--(5)--|
C |--------0-------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|

Am G F E x2
Am G F E x2
Am D

   Am   G     F      E
Some people say man is made out of mud
 Am     G      F     E
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Am        D
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
 Am
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

Chorus :
Am   G   F      E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Am     G     F     E
Another day older and deeper in debt
   Am               D      Dsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
 Am
I owe my soul to the company store

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Am G F E x2

   Am    G        F     E
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
 Am      G      F       E
I Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
 Am           D
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
    Am
And the straw-boss said, "Well, bless my soul"

[Chorus]

riff
solo (chorus without lyrics)

   Am    G        F     E
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
Am      G      F     E
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
   Am             D
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
   Am
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line

[Chorus]

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Am G F E x2

    Am   G     F     E
If you see me coming, better step aside
Am      G    F     E
A lot of men didn't, lot of men died
Am          D
One fist of iron, the other of steel
  Am
If the right one don't get you then the left one will

Chorus :
Am   G   F      E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Am     G     F     E
Another day older and deeper in debt
   Am               D      Dsus4  D  Dsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooooooooooooooo
 Am         E
I owe my soul to the company store


riff