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Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford - Guitar Chords

Artist Tennessee Ernie Ford How to play the guitar chord Am.jpg How to play the guitar chord F.jpg How to play the guitar chord E.jpg How to play the guitar chord Dm.jpg

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            [Intro & Riff]

e|------------------------|------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------|
G|-2----------------------|------------------|
D|-------2----------------|------------------|
A|-------------3-----0----|------------0-----|
E|------------------------|-0---2-4----------|

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

[Chorus]
Am                        F        E
You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
Am                    F          E
Another day older an' deeper in debt
       Am                         Dm      F
Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
Am                   E       Am
I owe my soul to the company store

[Riff]

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

[Chorus & Riff]

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

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

[Chorus & Riff] 
        

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