Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford

Sixteen Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford

ToneSmith

1488
0:00 2:17
Stimmung Standard (E A D G B E)
Taktart 4/4
Tonart: Bm
Kapo:
Ohne Kapo
Schlagmuster 1

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Songtext

[Intro]
| Bm | - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
     Bm           A      E/G#           F#
Some people say a man is made out of mud
  Bm              A      E/G#            F#
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Bm         A         G             F#
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
  Bm
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

[Chorus]
         Bm      A     E/G#            F#
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Bm         A         E/G#          F#
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Bm              A
Saint Peter don't you call me,
       G         F#
'cause I can't go
  Bm
I owe my soul to the company store

[Verse 2]
Bm  Bm               A            E/G#            F#
  I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
  Bm           A            E/G#              F#
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
  Bm             A       G              F#
I loaded sixteen tons of numbernine coal
        Bm
And the straw boss said,
"Wella bless my soul!"

[Chorus]
         Bm      A     E/G#            F#
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Bm         A         E/G#          F#
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Bm              A
Saint Peter don't you call me,
       G         F#
'cause I can't go
  Bm
I owe my soul to the company store

[Verse 3]
Bm  Bm               A
  I was born one morning,
   E/G#              F#
it was drizzlin' rain
Bm           A           E/G#           F#
Fightin' and trouble are my  middle name
      Bm            A
I was raised in the cane
         G               F#
Break by an old mama lion
      Bm
Can't no hightoned woman make me walk the line

[Chorus]
         Bm      A     E/G#            F#
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Bm         A         E/G#          F#
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Bm              A
Saint Peter don't you call me,
       G         F#
'cause I can't go
  Bm
I owe my soul to the company store

[Verse 4]
Bm   Bm         A             E/G#      F#
  If you see me comin' better step aside
  Bm         A         E/G#           F#
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
Bm          A         G             F#
One fist of iron, the other of steel
       Bm
If the right one don't getcha then the left one will

[Chorus]
         Bm      A     E/G#            F#
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Bm         A         E/G#          F#
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Bm              A
Saint Peter don't you call me,
       G
'cause I can't go
  Bm
I owe my soul to the company store

[Outro]
| Bm |

Takte

[Intro]
| Bm | - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
| Bm A | E/G# F# | Bm A | E/G# F# |
| Bm A | G    F# | Bm - | -    -  |

Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

[Chorus]
| Bm A | E/G# F# | Bm A | E/G# F# |
| Bm A | G    F# | Bm - | -    -  |

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

[Verse 2]
| Bm - | -    -  | -  - | -    -  |
| Bm A | E/G# F# | Bm A | E/G# F# |
| Bm A | G    F# | Bm - | -    -  |

I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of numbernine coal
And the straw boss said,
"Wella bless my soul!"

[Chorus]
| Bm A | E/G# F# | Bm A | E/G# F# |
| Bm A | G    F# | Bm - | -    -  |

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

[Verse 3]
| Bm - | -    -  | -  - | -    -  |
| Bm A | E/G# F# | Bm A | E/G# F# |
| Bm A | G    F# | Bm - | -    -  |

I was born one morning,
it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my  middle name
I was raised in the cane
Break by an old mama lion
Can't no hightoned woman make me walk the line

[Chorus]
| Bm A | E/G# F# | Bm A | E/G# F# |
| Bm A | G    F# | Bm - | -    -  |

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

[Verse 4]
| Bm - | -    -  | -  - | -    -  |
| Bm A | E/G# F# | Bm A | E/G# F# |
| Bm A | G    F# | Bm - | -    -  |

If you see me comin' better step aside
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't getcha then the left one will

[Chorus]
| Bm A | E/G# F# | Bm A | E/G# F# |
| Bm A | G    -  | Bm - | -    -  |

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

[Outro]
| Bm |

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