{"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":1466466,"song":"Sixteen Tons","artist":"Several","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11263195-sixteen-tons-chords-by-several/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1466466?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"I saw several renditions of this tune (T.E.F./Johnny Cash/Merle Travis/Jimmy Dean and Tom Jones. \r\nAll were different so I decided to create a version myself. \r\nHope you like it.\r\n\r\n\r\nSixteen Tons - Various\r\n\r\nIntro:          [ch]Am[/ch]   /    [ch]F[/ch]    /\\   [ch]E[/ch]\\   [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\nV1.\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nSome people say a man is made outa mud, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\na poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      \r\nMuscle an' blood an' skin an' bone, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\na mind that's weak and a back that's strong.[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]   \r\nYou load sixteen tons an' whaddya get? [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nanother day older an' deeper in debt;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]            \r\nSaint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go, [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store.[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   /    [ch]F[/ch]    /\\   [ch]E[/ch]\\    [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\nV2. \r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nI was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine;[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nI Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand the straw boss said, \"Well, Bless my soul!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n        Chorus\r\n\r\nV3.\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nI was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nfightin' and trouble are my middle names;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nI was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama hound, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.[/tab]\r\n\r\n        Chorus\r\n\r\nV4.\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nIf ya see me a-comin' ya better step aside, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA lotta men didn't an' a lotta men died;[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]             \r\nWith one fist of iron an' the other of steel, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf the right one don' getcha then the left one will.[/tab]\r\n \r\nOutro:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nYou load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?  [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nanother day older an' deeper in debt;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nSaint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go..o..o..o..o,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]             \r\nI    ow..e     m..y     s..o..u..l;    [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto the     com..pan..y     sto..re.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   /    [ch]F[/ch]    /\\   [ch]E[/ch]\\    [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]........","plain_text":"I saw several renditions of this tune (T.E.F./Johnny Cash/Merle Travis/Jimmy Dean and Tom Jones. \nAll were different so I decided to create a version myself. \nHope you like it.\n\n\nSixteen Tons - Various\n\nIntro:          Am   /    F    /\\   E\\   E7   Am\n\nV1.\n\n\n\n\n\n \nChorus\n\n\n\n\nAm   /    F    /\\   E\\    E7   Am\n\nV2. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Chorus\n\nV3.\n\n\n\n\n\n        Chorus\n\nV4.\n\n\n\n\n \nOutro:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm   /    F    /\\   E\\    E7   Am........","chords":["E","F","Am","E7","Dm","A","Am7","Dm7"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}