{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1063145,"song":"16 Tons","artist":"Tom Jones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11235474-16-tons-chords-by-tom-jones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1063145?type=chord","rating":4.69907,"votes":119,"content":"The chords are relative to that open position, so Am is played X03320, although it \r\nis actually a [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIntro\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  /[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] \r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  /[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] \r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n=======\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           /[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome people say a man is made out of mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         /[ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA poor man's made outta muscle and blood...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMuscle and blood skin and bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong[/tab]\r\nChorus 1\r\n========\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]      /[ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch] \r\nYou load sixteen tons and whaddya get?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         /[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA-nother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]       /[ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was born one morning when the sun didn't shine[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]           /[ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe strawboss said Well, Bless my soul![/tab]\r\nChorus 2\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]      /[ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou load sixteen tons and whaddya get?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         /[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA-nother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]       /[ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was born one morning it was drizzling rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           /[ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFighting and trouble are my middle name[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was raised in the cane-break by an old mama lion[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCan't no hot-coloured woman make me haunt the line[/tab]\r\nChorus 3\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]      /[ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou load sixteen tons and whaddya get[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         /[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA-nother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I, I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\nVerse 4 - key change!\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]    /[ch]Ab[/ch]           [ch]Gb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf you see me coming better step a-side[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bbm[/ch]       /[ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Gb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA lotta men didn't a lotta men died[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bbm[/ch]         [ch]Db[/ch]       [ch]Ebm[/ch]      [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nI got one fist of iron the other of steel[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nIf the right one don't get ya then the left one will[/tab]\r\nChorus 4\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]      /[ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou load up sixteen tons and whaddya get[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         /[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA-nother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]   \r\nSaint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\n-----------------------------------------\r\nwatfordkev@gmail.com","plain_text":"The chords are relative to that open position, so Am is played X03320, although it \nis actually a Gm\nIntro\nAm  /G  F  E \nAm  /G  F  E \n\nVerse 1\n=======\n\n\n\n\nChorus 1\n========\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n\n\nChorus 2\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3\n\n\n\n\nChorus 3\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4 - key change!\n\n\n\n\nChorus 4\n\n\n\n\n-----------------------------------------\nwatfordkev@gmail.com","chords":["Am","Gm","G","F","E","A","C","Dm","Bbm","Ab","Gb","Db","Ebm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}