WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons Chords | Ver. 1
Am G F E
Some people say a man is made out of mud
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A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
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Muscle and blood and skin and bone
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A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
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ch: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
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Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am G E Am
I owe my soul to the company store.
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If you see me coming better step aside
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A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died
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With one fist of iron and the other of steel
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If the right one don't get you then the left one will.
Am G F E
ch: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am G F E
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am G E Am
I owe my soul to the company store.
Am G F E
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
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Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
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Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
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And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"
Am G F E
ch: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am G F E
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am G E Am
I owe my soul to the company store.
Am G F E
I was born one morning in the drizzling rain
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Fighting and trouble are my middle name
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I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama hound
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Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.
Am G F E
ch: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am G F E
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am G E Am
I owe my soul to the company store.
