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]

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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