Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford | Guitar Chords | VChords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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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 bones
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A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

[Chorus (1)]
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You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
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Another day older and deeper in debt
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Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
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I owe my soul to the company store

[Verse 2]
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  I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
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I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
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I loaded sixteen tons of numbernine coal
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And the straw boss said, "Wella bless my soul!"



[Verse 3]
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  I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain
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Fightin' and trouble are my  middle name
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I was raised in the cane
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Break by an old mama lion
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Can't no hightoned woman make me walk the line



[Verse 4]
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  If you see me comin' better step aside
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A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
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One fist of iron, the other of steel
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If the right one don't getcha then the left one will

[Chorus (2)]
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         Bm      A     E            F#
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
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Another day older and deeper in debt
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Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
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I owe my soul to the company store

[Outro]
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