Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford Cover Chords by Josh Turner
Tempo:
144.75 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
F#
B
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor [D] man's made [G#m] out of [G] muscle and [F#] blood,
[Bm] muscle and blood [C] and [G] skin and bones, a mind that's weak and a [F#] back that's [Bm] strong.
He loads [F#] 16 tons, [C] what do [Bm] you get?
[A] Another day older [G#] and [G] deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, [D] don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, I owe [A#] my soul to the company store.
[Bm] [G#] [A#] [B]
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked [A] up my shovel and I walked to the [Bm] mine.
I loaded 16 tons [G] of number 9 coal [G#] and the strong boss said,
well, bless my [A] soul, you [B] load [F#m] 16 tons, [G#] what [F#] do you [Bm] get?
Another [F#m] day older and [G#] deeper [Em] in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [D]
I owe my [F#] soul to [B] the [A#] company [Bm] store.
[F#] [B]
[N] I was born one morning, it was [Bm] drizzling rain, fighting man of [G#m] trouble, or my [F#] middle name.
[Bm] I was raised in the [D] cane break [G] by an old mama lion, can no high-toned woman make me [A] walk that line.
[B] He loads 16 [A] tons, what [F#] do you get?
[Bm]
Another [D] day older and deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [F#m] I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[F] If you see me coming dead, step aside, [A] [B] a [A] lot of men [G#m] didn't, a lot [Gm] of men [F#] died.
[Bm]
One [D] fist of iron, [G] the other of steel, if the [F#] right don't get you, [E] then the left [F#m] one will.
You [B] load 16 tons, [F#] what [Em] do you [Bm] get?
[B]
Another [F#m] day older and [F#] deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa [D] Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [B] I owe [N]
my [Bm] soul to the company store.
[D#m]
[B] [E] [Bm]
That's pretty fun.
Yeah, I was pretty sloppy on my part, but
[N]
Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor [D] man's made [G#m] out of [G] muscle and [F#] blood,
[Bm] muscle and blood [C] and [G] skin and bones, a mind that's weak and a [F#] back that's [Bm] strong.
He loads [F#] 16 tons, [C] what do [Bm] you get?
[A] Another day older [G#] and [G] deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, [D] don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, I owe [A#] my soul to the company store.
[Bm] [G#] [A#] [B]
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked [A] up my shovel and I walked to the [Bm] mine.
I loaded 16 tons [G] of number 9 coal [G#] and the strong boss said,
well, bless my [A] soul, you [B] load [F#m] 16 tons, [G#] what [F#] do you [Bm] get?
Another [F#m] day older and [G#] deeper [Em] in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [D]
I owe my [F#] soul to [B] the [A#] company [Bm] store.
[F#] [B]
[N] I was born one morning, it was [Bm] drizzling rain, fighting man of [G#m] trouble, or my [F#] middle name.
[Bm] I was raised in the [D] cane break [G] by an old mama lion, can no high-toned woman make me [A] walk that line.
[B] He loads 16 [A] tons, what [F#] do you get?
[Bm]
Another [D] day older and deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [F#m] I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] [F#] [Bm]
[F] If you see me coming dead, step aside, [A] [B] a [A] lot of men [G#m] didn't, a lot [Gm] of men [F#] died.
[Bm]
One [D] fist of iron, [G] the other of steel, if the [F#] right don't get you, [E] then the left [F#m] one will.
You [B] load 16 tons, [F#] what [Em] do you [Bm] get?
[B]
Another [F#m] day older and [F#] deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa [D] Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [B] I owe [N]
my [Bm] soul to the company store.
[D#m]
[B] [E] [Bm]
That's pretty fun.
Yeah, I was pretty sloppy on my part, but
[N]
Key:
Bm
F#
B
G
D
Bm
F#
B
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor [D] man's made [G#m] out of [G] muscle and [F#] blood,
[Bm] muscle and blood [C] and [G] skin and bones, a mind that's weak and a [F#] back that's [Bm] strong.
He loads [F#] 16 tons, [C] what do [Bm] you get?
[A] Another day older [G#] and [G] deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, [D] don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, I owe [A#] my soul to the company store.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [A#] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ I _ was born one morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked [A] up my shovel and I walked to the [Bm] mine.
I loaded 16 tons [G] of number 9 coal [G#] and the strong boss said,
well, bless my [A] soul, you [B] load [F#m] 16 tons, [G#] what [F#] do you [Bm] get?
Another [F#m] day older and [G#] deeper [Em] in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [D]
I owe my [F#] soul to [B] the [A#] company [Bm] store.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [N] I _ was born one morning, it was [Bm] drizzling rain, _ fighting man of [G#m] trouble, or my [F#] middle name.
[Bm] I was raised in the [D] cane break [G] by an old mama lion, can no high-toned woman make me [A] walk that line.
[B] He loads 16 [A] tons, what [F#] do you get?
[Bm]
Another [D] day older and deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [F#m] I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] If you see me coming dead, step aside, [A] [B] a [A] lot of men [G#m] didn't, a lot [Gm] of men [F#] died.
[Bm] _
One [D] fist of iron, [G] the other of steel, if the [F#] right don't get you, [E] then the left [F#m] one will.
You [B] load 16 tons, [F#] what [Em] do you [Bm] get?
[B]
Another [F#m] day older and [F#] deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa [D] Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, _ _ _ [B] I owe _ [N] _ _
my _ _ _ _ [Bm] soul _ _ to _ the company store.
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's pretty fun.
Yeah, I was pretty sloppy on my part, but_
_ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor [D] man's made [G#m] out of [G] muscle and [F#] blood,
[Bm] muscle and blood [C] and [G] skin and bones, a mind that's weak and a [F#] back that's [Bm] strong.
He loads [F#] 16 tons, [C] what do [Bm] you get?
[A] Another day older [G#] and [G] deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, [D] don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, I owe [A#] my soul to the company store.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [A#] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ I _ was born one morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked [A] up my shovel and I walked to the [Bm] mine.
I loaded 16 tons [G] of number 9 coal [G#] and the strong boss said,
well, bless my [A] soul, you [B] load [F#m] 16 tons, [G#] what [F#] do you [Bm] get?
Another [F#m] day older and [G#] deeper [Em] in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [D]
I owe my [F#] soul to [B] the [A#] company [Bm] store.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [N] I _ was born one morning, it was [Bm] drizzling rain, _ fighting man of [G#m] trouble, or my [F#] middle name.
[Bm] I was raised in the [D] cane break [G] by an old mama lion, can no high-toned woman make me [A] walk that line.
[B] He loads 16 [A] tons, what [F#] do you get?
[Bm]
Another [D] day older and deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, [F#m] I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] If you see me coming dead, step aside, [A] [B] a [A] lot of men [G#m] didn't, a lot [Gm] of men [F#] died.
[Bm] _
One [D] fist of iron, [G] the other of steel, if the [F#] right don't get you, [E] then the left [F#m] one will.
You [B] load 16 tons, [F#] what [Em] do you [Bm] get?
[B]
Another [F#m] day older and [F#] deeper in [Bm] debt.
Santa [D] Peter, don't you call [G] me, cause I can't go, _ _ _ [B] I owe _ [N] _ _
my _ _ _ _ [Bm] soul _ _ to _ the company store.
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's pretty fun.
Yeah, I was pretty sloppy on my part, but_
_ _ _ _ [N] _