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Sixteen Tons Chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Sixteen Tons chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Guitar chords with lyrics

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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