Song Name: | Sixteen Tons (chromatic) | By: | Tennessee Earnie Ford, Jimmy Dean |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | Country |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2009-05-27 11:05:00 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | SIXTEEN TONS
By Merle Travis Tennessee Earnie Ford, Jimmy Dean Key: G 6 7 6 7 7 6 -4 6 6 6 -4 Some peo-ple say a man is made out-ta mud -4 7 6 6 -4 -4 6 6 6 -4 A poor man's made out-ta mus-cle and blood 6 6 6 6 6 -7 -7 -7 Mus-cle and blood and skin and bones -7 -7* -7 7 6 -4 -4 6 6 -4 A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong -4 5* 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 You load six-teen tons, what do you get 6 7 7 7 6 6 -4 6 6 6 -4 An-oth-er day old-er and deep-er in debt 6 6 6 6 6 7 -6* 6 -7 -7 -7 Saint Pe-ter don't you call me 'cause I can't go -8 10-7* -8 7 -4 -4 6 6 6 6 I owe my soul to the com-pa-ny store I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul" You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain Fightin' and trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store If you see me comin', better step aside A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died One fist of iron, the other of steel If the right one don't a-get you Then the left one will You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store |