SIXTEEN TONS | Low Bass Singer Cover Chords

Tempo:
70.425 bpm
Chords used:

C#

F#m

C#m

G#m

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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SIXTEEN TONS | Low Bass Singer Cover chords
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[F#] [N] Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor man's made out of muscle and blood,.
muscle and [E] blood and skin and bones.
You've got a [C#m] mind that's weak and a back that's [F#m] strong.
You load a sixteen tons and what do you get?.
Another day older and a deeper ingest.
Say to Peter, don't you [D] call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company [F#] stone.
Say to Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
Say to Peter, don't you [F#m] call me to the [C#] company [F#m] stone.
Say to Peter, don't you [Bm] call me cause I can't [C#] go.
[F#] I owe my soul to the company [C#] stone.
Come on.
[F#m] [C#] [A] .
[F#m] [C#] Well I [F#m] was born on a morning when [C#] the sun didn't shine.
[F#m] I picked up my shovel and [C#] I walked to the mine.
I [A] loaded sixteen tons [Bm] of number nine coal and [C#m] the strong boss said,.
Well [F] bless my soul.
You [F#m] load sixteen tons and what do you [C#] get?.
[F#m] Another day older and a deeper [C#] index.
[C#m] Say to Peter, don't you call me [Bm] cause I can't go.
[F#m] I owe my soul to the company stone.
Yeah.
[C#] [F#m] I was born one morning [C#] in the drizzling rain.
[F#m] A fight and trouble in my middle [C#] name.
[A] I was raised in a cane break [D] by an old man I like.
I get [C#m] a wife told a woman [C#] make me walk the line.
[F#m] Yeah.
Sixteen [C#] tons and what do you get?.
[F#m] Another day older and a deeper [C#] index.
[F#m] Say to Peter, don't you call [Bm] me cause I can't go.
[F#m] I owe my soul to the company stone.
[B] .
You can see me coming better.
Still [G] be sorry.
[G#m] A lot of men didn't.
A lot [C#] of men died.
[G#] One piece of [E] iron and the [G#m] other steel.
Never, never, no, can't [D#] you let it out?.
Right, what will [N] you load?.
Sixteen tons.
What [G#] do you get?.
Another day older and a deeper index.
[G#m] Say to Peter, don't you [E] call me cause I can't [G#m] go.
I owe my soul to the company stone.
Say Peter, don't you call me.
Cause I can't go.
Say Peter, don't you call me.
Right to the [D#] company stone.
[G#m] Say Peter, don't you [C#m] call me cause I can't [G#] go.
I owe my [C#] soul [A] .
to [B] the company.
[Fm] [G#] [G#m] [D#] [G#] [C#] [F#m] .
[C#] [F#m] [C#] [F#m] .
[C#] [F#m] [Bm] [C#m] .
[C#] [F#m] [N] .
Key:  
C#
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F#m
123111112
C#m
13421114
G#m
123111114
Bm
13421112
C#
12341114
F#m
123111112
C#m
13421114
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To learn Geoff Castellucci - Sixteen Tons chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - F#m, C# and F#m of chords. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 35 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 70. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of F# Minor.

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_ [F#] [N] Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor man's made out of muscle and blood,.
muscle and [E] blood and skin and bones.
You've got a [C#m] mind that's weak and a back that's [F#m] strong.
You load a sixteen tons and what do you get?.
Another day older and a deeper ingest.
Say to Peter, don't you [D] call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company [F#] stone.
Say to Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
Say to Peter, don't you [F#m] call me to the [C#] company [F#m] stone.
Say to Peter, don't you [Bm] call me cause I can't [C#] go.
[F#] I owe my soul to the company [C#] stone.
Come on.
[F#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _ .
[F#m] _ [C#] Well I [F#m] was born on a morning when [C#] the sun didn't shine.
[F#m] I picked up my shovel and [C#] I walked to the mine.
I [A] loaded sixteen tons [Bm] of number nine coal and [C#m] the strong boss said,.
Well [F] bless my soul.
You [F#m] load sixteen tons and what do you [C#] get?.
[F#m] Another day older and a deeper [C#] index.
[C#m] Say to Peter, don't you call me [Bm] cause I can't go.
[F#m] I owe my soul to the company stone.
_ Yeah.
[C#] [F#m] I was born one morning [C#] in the drizzling rain.
[F#m] A fight and trouble in my middle [C#] name.
[A] I was raised in a cane break [D] by an old man I like.
I get [C#m] a wife told a woman [C#] make me walk the line.
[F#m] Yeah.
Sixteen [C#] tons and what do you get?.
[F#m] Another day older and a deeper [C#] index.
[F#m] Say to Peter, don't you call [Bm] me cause I can't go.
[F#m] I owe my soul to the company stone.
[B] _ .
You can see me coming better.
Still [G] be sorry.
[G#m] A lot of men didn't.
A lot [C#] of men died.
[G#] One piece of [E] iron and the [G#m] other steel.
Never, never, no, can't [D#] you let it out?.
Right, what will [N] you load?.
_ Sixteen tons.
What [G#] do you get?.
Another day older and a deeper index.
[G#m] Say to Peter, don't you [E] call me cause I can't [G#m] go.
I owe my soul to the company stone.
Say Peter, don't you call me.
Cause I can't go.
Say Peter, don't you call me.
Right to the [D#] company stone.
[G#m] Say Peter, don't you [C#m] call me cause I can't [G#] go.
I owe my [C#] soul _ [A] _ _ .
to [B] the company.
[Fm] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [D#] _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ .
_ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ .
_ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C#m] _ .
[C#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [N] _ _ .

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