16 Tons

Intro
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Am  /G  F  E
Am  /G  F  E


Verse 1
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     Am           /G     F       
Some people say a man is made out
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 of mud
  Am         /G         F         
A poor man's made outta muscle and 
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blood...
Am         C     Dm       F
Muscle and blood skin and bone
  Am                       E  
A mind that's a-weak and a back 
         Am     E
that's strong


Chorus 1
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         Am      /G       F       
You load sixteen tons and whaddya 
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get?
  Am         /G        F      
A-nother day older and deeper in 
    E
debt
      Am            C              
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause 
Dm      F
I can't go
  Am                 E       Am
I owe my soul to the company store


Verse 2
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      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 
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walked to the mine
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         Am      C       Dm      
I loaded sixteen tons of number 
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nine coal
    Am                   E        
The strawboss said Well, Bless my 
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soul!


Chorus 2
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         Am      /G       F       
You load sixteen tons and whaddya 
 E
get?
  Am         /G        F      
A-nother day older and deeper in 
    E
debt
      Am            C              
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause 
Dm      F
I can't go
  Am                 E       Am
I owe my soul to the company store


Verse 3
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      Am       /G           
I was born one morning it was 
  F         E
drizzling rain
Am           /G          F       
Fighting and trouble are my middle 
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name
      Am            C             
I was raised in the cane-break by 
   Dm       F
an old mama lion
         Am                        
Can't no hot-coloured woman make me
 E        Am
 haunt the line


Chorus 3
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         Am      /G       F       
You load sixteen tons and whaddya 
 E
get
  Am         /G        F      
A-nother day older and deeper in 
    E
debt
      Am            C              
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause 
Dm         F
I, I can't go
  Am                 E       Am
I owe my soul to the company store


Verse 4 - key change!
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       Bbm    /Ab           Gb
If you see me coming better step 
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a-side
  Bbm       /Ab      Gb        F
A lotta men didn't a lotta men died
      Bbm         Db       Ebm   
I got one fist of iron the other 
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of steel
       Bbm                         
If the right one don't get ya then 
    F        Bbm
the left one will


Chorus 4
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            Am      /G       F   
You load up sixteen tons and 
     E
whaddya get
  Am         /G        F      
A-nother day older and deeper in 
    E
debt
      Am            C              
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause 
Dm      F
I can't go
  Am                 E       Am
I owe my soul to the company store


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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
May 2011