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Sixteen Tons Chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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:
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A|-------------5-----2----|---------1--2----- |
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"Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford

(Riff)

Bm          G      F#
Some people say a man is made outa mud
Bm          G      F#
A poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood...
Bm          Em    F#
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
Bm            (G      F#)
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
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Chorus:
   Bm            G    F#
   You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
   Bm          G     F#
   Another day older an' deeper in debt
   Bm          Em    F#
   Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
   Bm          (F#    Bm)
   I owe my soul to the company store

(Riff)

Bm                G    F#
If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
Bm          G      F#
A lotta men din't an' a lotta men died
Bm              Em      F#
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
Bm                  (G     F#)
If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.

(Chorus + Riff)

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

(Chorus + Riff)

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

(Chorus + Riff)

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