{"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":1793902,"song":"Sixteen Tons","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1793902-sixteen-tons-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1793902?type=chord","rating":4.65424,"votes":235,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------------------------|\r\nB|--4h5-4h5--4h5--3--1---1---------------|\r\nG|---------------------2----2--0--1/2----|\r\nD|---------------------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------------------------------------------------------0-----------|\r\nB|--4h5-4h5--4h5--3--1---1-----------------------------------1-----------|\r\nG|---------------------2----2--0--1/2--0-----------2---0-----2-----------|\r\nD|----------------------------------------3--2------------3--2-----------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome people say a man is made outta mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/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]Dm[/ch]\r\nMuscle and blood and skin and bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]   N.C.\r\nA mind that's weak and a back that's strong[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou load sixteen tons and what do you get[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]       \r\nSaint Peter, don't ya call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]  N.C.\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/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]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]Dm[/ch]\r\nI loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]    N.C.\r\nAnd the straw boss said, \"Well, a-bless my soul!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou load sixteen tons and what do you get[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]       \r\nSaint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]  N.C.\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFightin' and trouble are my middle name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nRaised in the canebrake by an old mama lion[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]   N.C.\r\nAin't no high-tone woman make me walk the line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou load sixteen tons and what do you get[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSaint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]  N.C.\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf ya see me coming better step aside[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA lotta men didn't and a lotta men died[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith one fist of iron and the other of steel[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]    N.C.\r\nIf the right one don't get you then the left one will[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou load sixteen tons and what do you get[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnother day older and deeper in debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSaint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI owe my soul to the company store[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Am","F","Dm","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}