Sixteens Tons

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                                          Eels - Sixteens Tons
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Album : Sixteen Tons (2003 KCRW 
Session) (2005)
Tempo : 170 (but the riff is play 
freely )
E-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr
Tabbed by: newg

[Intro]
Riff intro , bridge and outro
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Am G F E x2 (Clean and with disto 
after)
Am G F E x2
Am D

[Verse]
     Am     G          F          
Some people say man is made out of 
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mud
  Am         G           F       
A poor man's made out of muscle 
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and blood
Am                D
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
  Am
A mind that's weak and a back that's
 strong

[Chorus]
Am      G     F           E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Am         G         F         E
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Am                           
Saint Peter don't you call me 
  D           Dsus4
'cause I can't go
  Am
I owe my soul to the company store

[Instrumental]
Continúa después del anuncio
[Riff]
Am G F E x2

      Am       G                F
I was born one morning when the 
          E
sun didn't shine
  Am           G            F    
I Picked up my shovel and I 
         E
walked to the mine
  Am                     D
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine
 coal
        Am
And the straw-boss said, "Well, 
bless my soul"

[Chorus]
Am      G     F           E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Am         G         F         E
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Am                           
Saint Peter don't you call me 
  D           Dsus4
'cause I can't go
  Am
I owe my soul to the company store

[Instrumental]
[Riff]
solo (chorus without lyrics)

[Verse]
      Am       G             
I was born one morning, it was 
  F         E
drizzling rain
Am           G           F       
Fightin' and trouble are my middle 
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name
      Am                         D
I was raised in the canebrake by an 
old mama lion
      Am
Can't no high-toned woman make me 
walk the line

[Chorus]
Am      G     F           E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Am         G         F         E
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Am                           
Saint Peter don't you call me 
  D           Dsus4
'cause I can't go
  Am
I owe my soul to the company store

[Instrumental]
[Riff]
Am G F E x2

[Verse]
       Am     G          F        
If you see me coming, better step 
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aside
Am           G       F          E
A lot of men didn't, lot of men died
Am                    D
One fist of iron, the other of steel
   Am
If the right one don't get you then 
the left one will

[Chorus]
Am      G     F           E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Am         G         F         E
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Am                           
Saint Peter don't you call me 
  D           Dsus4    D   Dsus4
'cause I can't goooooooooooooooo
  Am                 E
I owe my soul to the company store

[Otro]
[Riff]
Am7