Sixteen Tons tab by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tabs

Sixteen Tons
Intro & Riff:
E MajorE|------------------------|------------------ |
BB|------------------------|------------------ |
G+G|-2----------------------|------------------ |
D MajorD|-------2----------------|------------------ |
A augmentedA|-------------3-----0----|------------0----- |
E MajorE|------------------------|-0---2-4---------- |



   E MajorE
Some people say a man is made outta mud
 E MajorE
A augmentedA poor man's made outta muscle 'n blood...
FF
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
 A minorAm
A augmentedA mind that's weak and a back that's strong

   E MajorE
cho: You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
   E MajorE
   Another day older an' deeper in debt
      FF
   Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
   A minorAm
   I owe my soul to the company store

Riff:

E MajorE
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
E MajorE
Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
FF
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
    A minorAm
And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"

Chorus & Riff:

E MajorE
I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
E MajorE
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
FF
I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama lion
     A minorAm
Ain't no high-tone woman make me walk the line.

E MajorE
If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
E MajorE
A augmentedA lotta men didn't an' a lotta men died
FF
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
    A minorAm
If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.

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