16 Tons chords by Tom Jones
Guitar chords with lyrics
Note to play in the same key as the recording you have to drop a whole tone down... DGCFAD The chords are relative to that open position, so Am is played X03320, although it is actually a Gm Intro ===== E E Verse 1 =======
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E
Some people say a man is made out of mud
E
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood...
F
Muscle and blood skin and bone
E
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
Chorus 1
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E
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
Am
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 2
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E
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
E
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
F
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Am
The strawboss said Well, Bless my soul!
Chorus 2
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E
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
Am
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 3
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E
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
E
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
F
I was raised in the cane-break by an old mama lion
Am
Can't no hot-coloured woman make me haunt the line
Chorus 3
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E
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get
E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I, I can't go
Am
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 4 - key change!
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F
If you see me coming better step a-side
F
A lotta men didn't a lotta men died
Gb
I got one fist of iron the other of steel
Bbm
If the right one don't get ya then the left one will
Chorus 4
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E
You load up sixteen tons and whaddya get
E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
Am
I owe my soul to the company store
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
May 2011
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