Sixteen Tons

by Unknown · posted by djlactose

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

 -6   7  -6   7  7 -6   5  -6  -6  -6  5
Some peo-ple say a man is made out of mud

5   7   -6    -6   5   5  -6 -6  -6    5
A poor man's made out of mus-cle and blood

-6  -6  -6   -6   -6   -8  -8   -8
Mus-cle and blood and skin and bones,

-8 -10 -9  -8     -6  
 A  mi-nd that's weak

 5  5  -6   -6       5
and a back that's strong,

 5    6  -6   -6   -6  
You load six-teen tons

 7    7   7 -6   -6
and what do you get?

 7   7    7  -6  -6  5   -6  -6 -6   5
An-other day old-er and deep-er in debt

  -6  -6 -6     -6  -6    7  -7  
Saint Pe-ter, don't you call me

  -6  -8  -8   -8
'cause I can't go

8 -10-9 -8  -6   5  5   -6 -6 -6   -6
I  o-we my soul to the com-pa-ny store.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound