{"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":1124547,"song":"Sixteens Tons","artist":"Eels","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11250036-sixteens-tons-chords-by-eels/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1124547?type=chord","rating":4.73588,"votes":4,"content":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]Album : Sixteen Tons (2003 KCRW Session) (2005)\r\nTempo : 170 (but the riff is play freely )\r\nE-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr\r\nTabbed by: newg[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\nRiff intro , bridge and outro\r\ne|---------------------------|---------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------|---------------------------|\r\nG|--2------------------------|---------------------------|\r\nD|-------2-------------------|---------------------------|\r\nA|--------------3------0-----|---------------------------|\r\ne|---------------------------|---0---2-----4-----(5)-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\nAm G F E x2 (Clean and with disto after)\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] x2 \r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome people say 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 out of muscle and blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMuscle and blood, skin and bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA mind that's weak and a back that's strong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSixteen tons, what do you get?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nSaint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[Riff]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] x2 \r\n\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]D[/ch]\r\nI loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the straw-boss said, \"Well, bless my soul\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSixteen tons, what do you get?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nSaint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[Riff]\r\nsolo (chorus without lyrics)\r\n\r\n[Verse]\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\nFightin' and trouble are my middle name[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]           \r\nI was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCan't no high-toned woman make me walk the line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSixteen tons, what do you get?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nSaint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[Riff]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] x2 \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you see me coming, better step aside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA lot of men didn't, lot of men died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           \r\nOne fist of iron, the other of steel[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf the right one don't get you then the left one will[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSixteen tons, what do you get?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus4[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nSaint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooooooooooooooo[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[Riff]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch]","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\nAm G F E x2 (Clean and with disto after)\nAm G F E x2 \nAm D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n[Riff]\nAm G F E x2 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n[Riff]\nsolo (chorus without lyrics)\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n[Riff]\nAm G F E x2 \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n[Riff]\nAm7","chords":["E","B","G","D","A","Am","F","Dsus4","Am7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"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]}}}