Sixteen Tons Tab par Tennessee Ernie Ford

[riff]

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Dm - C - Bb - A7
du - du - du - uudu  (strumming)
[Verse 1]

Some people say a man is made out of mud

a poor man's made out of muscle and blood

Muscle and blood and skin and bones

a mind that's weak and a back that's strong


[Chorus]

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store


[Verse 2]

I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine

I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal

And the straw boss said, "Well-a bless my soul!"


[Chorus]

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store


[Verse 3]

I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name

I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion

Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line


[Chorus]

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store


[Verse 4]

If you see me comin' better step aside

a lot of men didn't, a lot of men died

One fist of iron, the other of steel

If the right one don't getcha then the left one will


[Chorus]

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store



From : Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (ukulele tutorial by MUJ)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Yc6zrj2Mg&t=246s&ab_channel=MorristownUkeJam