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Sixteen Tons chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Songs posted seem to be in the wrong key, so I updated it.

Main Riff:
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|------------------ |
Chord diagramBB|------------------------|------------------ |
Chord diagramG+G|-4----------------------|------------------ |
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------4----------------|------------------ |
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------5-----2----|---------1--2----- |
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|-2---4------------ |


"Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford

(Riff)

Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF#F#
Some people say a man is made outa mud
Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF#F#
Chord diagramA augmentedA poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood...
Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramF#F#
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
Chord diagramB minorBm                       (Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramF#F#)
Chord diagramA augmentedA mind that's weak and a back that's strong

Chorus:
     Chord diagramB minorBm                        Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramF#F#
     You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
     Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramF#F#
     Another day older an' deeper in debt
     Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramF#F#
     Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
     Chord diagramB minorBm                   (Chord diagramF#F#       Chord diagramB minorBm)
     I owe my soul to the company store

(Riff)

Chord diagramB minorBm                               Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramF#F#
If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF#F#
Chord diagramA augmentedA lotta men din't an' a lotta men died
Chord diagramB minorBm                            Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramF#F#
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
Chord diagramB minorBm                                    (Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramF#F#)
If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.

(Chorus + Riff)

Chord diagramB minorBm                              Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF#F#
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Chord diagramB minorBm                        Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramF#F#
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Chord diagramB minorBm                      Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramF#F#
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Chord diagramB minorBm                             (Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramF#F#)
And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"

(Chorus + Riff)

Chord diagramB minorBm                            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramF#F#
I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
Chord diagramB minorBm                       Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramF#F#
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Chord diagramB minorBm                               Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF#F#
I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama hound
Chord diagramB minorBm                             (Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramF#F# )
Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.

(Chorus + Riff)

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