Chords with lyrics
Songs posted seem to be in the wrong key, so I updated it. Main Riff: E MajorE|------------------------|------------------ | BB|------------------------|------------------ | G+G|-4----------------------|------------------ | D MajorD|-------4----------------|------------------ | A augmentedA|-------------5-----2----|---------1--2----- | E MajorE|------------------------|-2---4------------ | "Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Riff) B minorBm G+G F#F# Some people say a man is made outa mud B minorBm G+G F#F# A augmentedA poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood... B minorBm E minorEm F#F# Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone B minorBm (G+G F#F#) A augmentedA mind that's weak and a back that's strong Chorus: B minorBm G+G F#F# You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get? B minorBm G+G F#F# Another day older an' deeper in debt B minorBm E minorEm F#F# Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go B minorBm (F#F# B minorBm) I owe my soul to the company store (Riff) B minorBm G+G F#F# If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside B minorBm G+G F#F# A augmentedA lotta men din't an' a lotta men died B minorBm E minorEm F#F# With one fist of iron an' the other of steel B minorBm (G+G F#F#) If the right one don' getcha then the left one will. (Chorus + Riff) B minorBm G+G F#F# I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine B minorBm G+G F#F# Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine B minorBm E minorEm F#F# Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal B minorBm (G+G F#F#) And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!" (Chorus + Riff) B minorBm G+G F#F# I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain B minorBm G+G F#F# Fightin' and trouble are my middle name B minorBm G+G F#F# I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama hound B minorBm (G+G F#F# ) Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around. (Chorus + Riff)
Other versions of Sixteen Tons
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Sixteen tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford
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