Sixteen Tons Chords by Nicola Arigliano

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Some [G] people [Bbm] say a man [D] is made of mud, a [A] bold man's [Bb] made out of [C] muscle and blood, [Bb] muscle
and [A] blood and skin [D] and bones.
A man that's weak and a beggar's strong, [Gb] seems to [E] toss.
What do you get?
_ [Am] Another day older and [Eb] deeper in depth, [Gm] Saint Peter [G] don't you call me cause [D] I can't [E] go.
All my soul to the company store.
Go man! _
_ [G] Swing!
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ I [Gm] was born one [Bb] morning when the [A] sun didn't [F] shine, I [Gm] picked up my shawl and I walked to [D] the mine.
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Sixteen [A] tons, a [Bbm] number nine [C] gold and the [D]
soulful [Eb] said well bless my soul.
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Sixteen tons, what [D] do you [Fm] get?
[A] Another day [C] older and deeper [Ebm] in depth, [Gm] Saint Peter don't you [C] call me cause [Eb] I can't go.
[D] All my soul to [A] the company [F] store.
Go!
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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] I was born [F] one morning it [Ab] wasn't [Gb] rain, [A] my little [Bb] trouble and [Ebm] my little name.
[Gm] Raising a cane break my [F] normal line, [D] but on a high toll road maybe [D] walk the line.
_ [E] Sixteen tons, [Cm] what [Am] do you get?
[Gm] [A] Another day [Bb] older and deeper [D] in depth, Saint [Gm] Peter don't you call me [E] cause I [Cm] can't go.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, [Dm] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Ah!
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_ If you see me coming better step aside.
[Gm] Lot of men did it, [A] lot of men died.
[Am] One first of iron, [D] the other of steel.
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If they [D] run my mind, I'll [Db] get to them.
The last one will. _
[Dm] _ [D] Sixteen tons, [F] what do you [Ab] get?
[Bb] Another day older and deeper [A] in [D] depth, Saint [D] Peter don't you call me cause I can't go. _ _
_ [Gm] _ [Bb] Sixteen tons, [A] what do [Ebm] you get?
[Gm] Another day older and deeper in depth, Saint Peter don't [Eb] you call me cause [Bb] I can't [F] go.
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_ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, _ _ _ whoa.
That's it. _ _
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