Chords for Alberto Vazquez, 16 Tons

_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ Some people say a man eats meat, not [Eb] a flesh.
[C] A bone, a skin, a [Ab] muscle, a muscle of flesh, [Ab] muscle of [Bb] flesh.
I'm [Gbm] a skin and bone.
Fine, that's a weekend, a [B] doctor's strong.
I'm a bone, a skin, [Bb] a muscle, a muscle, a [A] bone.
What did you do?
[Cm] Not a day [Ab] of the rest.
You [D] put a face, [Bb] a sting, a heel, a heel, a tick off, [Gb] a nose.
I [Ebm] can't go.
I hold [Eb] my soul to the [Db] donkey's door.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ I'm down, right?
_ _ I'm up.
_ _ And you don't believe me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was [Gb] born one morning when the sun was shining.
_ [Ab] Left [Bb] me there to live to open [G] my eyes.
I _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] opened that [D] door and the storm [Ebm] was in the water.
I let [Gb] my soul go.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] What did you do?
Not a [Bb] day of the rest.
_ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] You put a face, _ a sting, a heel, _ [E] _ _ a heel, a tick off, a nose.
I [Ab] _ _ was born one _ _ _ morning when the [Bb] sun was shining.
Left me there to [Ab] live to open my [Gm] eyes.
I opened [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ [Cm] that door and the storm _ _ [Eb] was in the water. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] What [G] did you do?
[C] Not a [C] day of the [Ab] rest.
_ [G] _ [Cm] You put a face, [Eb] a sting, a heel, [F] a heel, a tick off, a nose.
I can't [G] go.
I hold my soul to the [Cm] donkey's door. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Come on, [Gb] ladies.
Get excited.
[C] A lot of [Eb] men, _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] one lift [Bb] them off [F] the other is,
[E] _ _ _
_ [Cm] the little one will do. _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] As long as you [G] can't go,
[C] I'll be [F] the last [Ab] to leave.
[G] _ [C] You don't take all my [F] gold, diamonds, gold. _ _ _
_ [B] I hold my _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [G] soul _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] to _ the [D] company's door.
_ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Thank you very much. _ _
Well, let me see the light, I can't see.
_ _ [Db] Thank you.
_ [E] I just saw another friend, [N] a very good friend of mine.
_ _ _ _ Don't cover me with the camera, please.
From the crane.
_ From the crane. _ _
From the [A] crane.
_ _ Are you seeing [Em] any girls, bro?
[D] Get the wave. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ A big hello to Mr.
Ricardo [Db] Monreal, _
our governor and very good governor of all Zacatecas.
Thank you for coming, Ricardo.
I'm very proud of you _ _ because you're from here.
[D] _
I also want to say hello to your brother,
who I think is [Bb] going to be governor, right?
We [Gb] hope he becomes governor
because [A] it's the first time that two brothers become [D] governors.
_ David, [Db] with all my love.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] No, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm here to sing.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Unless a duo comes with me,
[Db] well, now yes.
My name is in the thick air and that [D] makes me more hoarse.
_ _ _ _ Look, don't drink it, girl.
_ [Gbm] You're like a judge's ball. _
Chopped and all the way back.
_ _ [N] Well. _
_ _ _ A song. _ _
[D] _ That one is coming, [Eb] of course, but this one is not coming right now.