Sixteen Tons Chords by Jerry Reed

Tempo:
88.1 bpm
Chords used:

Abm

Db

Eb

Ab

Ebm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sixteen Tons chords
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[Abm] [Ebm]
Song.
[B] [Ab] [Abm]
A song people say a man [Db] is made out of mud.
[Abm] Old man's [Eb] made out of muscle and [Abm] blood.
Muscle and [Db] blood and skin and bone.
[Eb] Mind that beak and the [Abm] back that's strong.
You're loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
What do you get?
[Abm] Another day [Eb] older and more in [Ab] depth.
Saint Peter don't [Db] call me cause I can't [Eb] go.
I wore my soul to the company store.
[Abm] [B] I wore my soul [Abm] to the company store.
[Ab] Well I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
Tell the [Eb] show I walked to the [Ab] mine loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
A number nine [Abm] trove, just all bought there son.
Bless my soul you're loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
What do you get?
[Abm] You get another day [Eb] older and more in [Abm] depth.
Saint Peter don't [Db] call me cause I can't go.
I [Eb] wore my soul to the company store.
[Ebm] I wore my soul.
I wore my [Abm] soul.
[Ab]
[F] [Db]
[Abm]
Well I was born one morning it was drizzling rain.
[Ab] Fighting and [Eb] trouble that's my middle [Abm] name.
I was raised in the [Db] woods by a mama lion.
[Ab] No high tone [Gb] woman make me walk in [Abm] line.
You're loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
What do you get?
[Abm] Another day [Eb] older and more in depth.
Saint Peter don't call me cause [Db] I can't go.
I [Eb] wore my soul to the company store.
I wore my soul.
I wore my [Abm] soul to the company store.
[Ab] To the company store.
[Abm] If you see me [Db] coming better step [Abm] aside.
A lot of men [Eb] dead.
A lot of men [Ab] died.
One fist of [Db] iron and the other one [Eb] steel.
If the raven don't get you son the leaven will.
[Abm] You're loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
What do you [Abm] get?
Another [Eb] day older and more in depth.
Saint Peter [Db] don't call me cause I can't go.
[Eb] I wore my soul to the company store.
[Abm] Saint Peter.
Saint Peter.
I wore my soul.
Saint Peter.
To the company [Ab] store.
Saint [Db] Peter.
I wore my [Abm] soul.
Saint Peter.
[Db]
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Abm
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Db
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Eb
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Ab
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Ebm
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Abm
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Db
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Eb
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To learn Jerry Reed - Sixteen Tons chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Eb, Ab, Db, B, Abm, Db, Abm, Eb, Db and Eb. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 44 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 88. Considering the song's key of Ab Minor, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
Song.
[B] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ A song people say a man [Db] is made out of mud.
[Abm] Old man's [Eb] made out of muscle and [Abm] blood.
Muscle and [Db] blood and skin and bone.
[Eb] Mind that beak and the [Abm] back that's strong.
You're loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
What do you get?
[Abm] Another day [Eb] older and more in [Ab] depth.
Saint Peter don't [Db] call me cause I can't [Eb] go.
I wore my soul to the company store. _ _ _
[Abm] _ [B] I wore my soul [Abm] to the company store.
[Ab] Well I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
Tell the [Eb] show I walked to the [Ab] mine loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
A number nine [Abm] trove, just all bought there son.
Bless my soul you're loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
What do you get?
[Abm] You get another day [Eb] older and more in [Abm] depth.
Saint Peter don't [Db] call me cause I can't go.
I [Eb] wore my soul to the company store.
[Ebm] I wore my soul.
I wore my [Abm] soul.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well I was born one morning it was drizzling rain.
[Ab] Fighting and [Eb] trouble that's my middle [Abm] name.
I was raised in the [Db] woods by a mama lion.
[Ab] No high tone [Gb] woman make me walk in [Abm] line.
You're loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
What do you get?
[Abm] Another day [Eb] older and more in depth.
Saint Peter don't call me cause [Db] I can't go.
I [Eb] wore my soul to the company store.
I wore my soul.
I wore my [Abm] soul to the company store.
[Ab] To the company store.
[Abm] If you see me [Db] coming better step [Abm] aside.
A lot of men [Eb] dead.
A lot of men [Ab] died.
One fist of [Db] iron and the other one [Eb] steel.
If the raven don't get you son the leaven will.
[Abm] You're loaded sixteen [Db] pounds.
What do you [Abm] get?
Another [Eb] day older and more in depth.
Saint Peter [Db] don't call me cause I can't go.
[Eb] I wore my soul to the company store.
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ Saint Peter.
Saint Peter.
I wore my soul.
Saint Peter.
To the company [Ab] store.
Saint [Db] Peter.
I wore my [Abm] soul.
Saint Peter.
[Db] _

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