Artist: | Tennessee Ernie Ford (English) |
User: | Waeller Wutz |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Titel: Sixteen Tons
Artist: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Album: Rock Around The Clock (2006)
(Merle Travis)
Orig.: Bm
Intro: Em
Em D A/C# B
Some people say a man is made out of mud
Em D A/C# B
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Em D C B
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
Em
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
Em D A/C# B
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Em D A/C# B
Another day older and deeper in debt
Em D C B
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
Em
I owe my soul to the company store
Em D A/C# B
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
Em D A/C# B
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Em D C B
I loaded sixteen tons of numbernine coal
Em
And the straw boss said, "Wella bless my soul!"
Em D A/C# B
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Em D A/C# B
Another day older and deeper in debt
Em D C B
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
Em
I owe my soul to the company store
Em D A/C# B
I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain
Em D A/C# B
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Em D C B
I was raised in the cane break by an old mama lion
Em
Can't no hightoned woman make me walk the line
Em D A/C# B
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Em D A/C# B
Another day older and deeper in debt
Em D C B
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
Em
I owe my soul to the company store
Em D A/C# B
If you see me comin' better step aside
Em D A/C# B
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
Em D C B
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Em
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
Em D A/C# B
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Em D A/C# B
Another day older and deeper in debt
Em D C
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
Em
I owe my soul to the company store
Outro: Em