Chords for Christopher Paul Stelling - "16 Tons"
Tempo:
119.2 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
Cm
G
D
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm]
So people say man is made out of mud, poor man's made out of muslin mud, muslin mud [Cm] and skinny bones.
[Gm] With a mind that's weak and a back that's strong, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, [Cm] cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, I'm on one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I dug my shovel and I walked to the mine and loaded sixteen tons, [Cm] another nine cold.
Order a boss man said, lord bless my soul, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said,
[Cm]
[Gm]
I sit fighting in front of the [Cm] cambridge doing
old mama lines.
Now that high ballooning woman makes me walk the line, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, cause I can't go.
I [Gm]
owe my soul to the company store, said,
[G]
see me coming, best step aside, a lot of men
didn't know how to dive.
My fist made of iron [Cm] and the other of steel.
Yeah, [Gm] that right one don't get you shit, the left one will, you load sixteen tons, what
do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, [Cm] cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, you load sixteen tons, [G] what do you get?
Another [D] day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call [Cm] me, cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said.
[Gm]
Thank you.
[Eb]
So people say man is made out of mud, poor man's made out of muslin mud, muslin mud [Cm] and skinny bones.
[Gm] With a mind that's weak and a back that's strong, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, [Cm] cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, I'm on one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I dug my shovel and I walked to the mine and loaded sixteen tons, [Cm] another nine cold.
Order a boss man said, lord bless my soul, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said,
[Cm]
[Gm]
I sit fighting in front of the [Cm] cambridge doing
old mama lines.
Now that high ballooning woman makes me walk the line, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, cause I can't go.
I [Gm]
owe my soul to the company store, said,
[G]
see me coming, best step aside, a lot of men
didn't know how to dive.
My fist made of iron [Cm] and the other of steel.
Yeah, [Gm] that right one don't get you shit, the left one will, you load sixteen tons, what
do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, [Cm] cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, you load sixteen tons, [G] what do you get?
Another [D] day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call [Cm] me, cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said.
[Gm]
Thank you.
[Eb]
Key:
Gm
Cm
G
D
Eb
Gm
Cm
G
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_ _ _ _ So people say man is made out of mud, poor man's made out of muslin mud, muslin mud [Cm] and skinny bones.
_ _ [Gm] With a mind that's weak and a back that's strong, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, [Cm] cause I can't go.
_ [Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, _ _ _ _ _ _
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I'm on one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I dug my shovel and I walked to the mine and loaded sixteen tons, [Cm] another nine cold.
_ _ Order a boss man said, lord bless my soul, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, cause I can't go.
_ [Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, _ _ _ _ _
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_ I sit fighting in _ _ _ front of the [Cm] cambridge doing
old mama lines.
_ Now that high ballooning woman makes me walk the line, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, cause I can't go.
I [Gm]
owe my soul to the company store, said,
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _
see me coming, best step aside, a lot of men
didn't know how to dive.
My fist made of iron [Cm] and the other of steel.
Yeah, [Gm] that right one don't get you shit, the left one will, you load sixteen tons, what
do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, [Cm] cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ you load sixteen tons, [G] what do you get?
Another [D] day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call [Cm] me, cause I can't go.
_ _ [Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said.
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
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_ _ Thank you. _ _
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_ _ _ _ So people say man is made out of mud, poor man's made out of muslin mud, muslin mud [Cm] and skinny bones.
_ _ [Gm] With a mind that's weak and a back that's strong, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, [Cm] cause I can't go.
_ [Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
I'm on one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I dug my shovel and I walked to the mine and loaded sixteen tons, [Cm] another nine cold.
_ _ Order a boss man said, lord bless my soul, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, cause I can't go.
_ [Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ I sit fighting in _ _ _ front of the [Cm] cambridge doing
old mama lines.
_ Now that high ballooning woman makes me walk the line, you load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, cause I can't go.
I [Gm]
owe my soul to the company store, said,
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _
see me coming, best step aside, a lot of men
didn't know how to dive.
My fist made of iron [Cm] and the other of steel.
Yeah, [Gm] that right one don't get you shit, the left one will, you load sixteen tons, what
do you get?
Another day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call me, [Cm] cause I can't go.
[Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ you load sixteen tons, [G] what do you get?
Another [D] day older and the deeper in debt.
So people say, don't you call [Cm] me, cause I can't go.
_ _ [Gm] I owe my soul to the company store, said.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Thank you. _ _
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