Sixteen Tons – On the Rocks

DYNAMIC :: 25 RANDOM :: 500 E-Z SONGS :: ARTIST :: RC DASH
WEEK ONE :: WEEK TWO :: WEEK THREE :: WEEK FOUR :: WEEK FIVE
CATEGORIZED :: PATRONS :: CHORDS EXTENSIVE :: CHORDS QUICK

CHANGE TO B

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[Intro] - - - Riff, relative to capo
 
[Verse 1] { N.C. } Some people say a man is made outta mud
A [Dm] poor man's [C] made outta [G/B] muscle an' [A] blood...
[Dm] Muscle an' [C] blood an' [A#] skin an' [A] bone
A [Dm] mind { N.C. } that's weak and a back that's strong
 
{ CHORUS }
     You load [Dm] sixteen [C] tons, [G/B] whaddya [A] get?
    [Dm]  Another day [C] older an' [G/B] deeper in debt
     Saint [Dm] Peter, don't you [C] call me 'cause [A#] I can't [A] go
     I [Dm] owe my soul { N.C. } to the company sto' 
(Repeat riff)
 
[Verse 2]  I was { N.C. } born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I [Dm] picked up my [C] shovel and I [G/B] walked to the [A] mine
I loaded [Dm] sixteen [C] tons of [A#] number nine [A] coal
And the [Dm] straw boss said, { N.C. } "Well, bless my soul
{ CHORUS } - - - (Repeat riff)

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[Verse 3]  I was { N.C. } born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
[Dm] Fightin' and [C] trouble are [G/B] my middle [A] name
I was [Dm] raised in the [C] cane brake by an' [A#] ol' mama [A] lion
Cain't no [Dm] high-tone { N.C. } woman make me walk the line
{ CHORUS } - - - (Repeat riff)

[Verse 4]  If ya { N.C. } see me comin' better step aside
A [Dm] lotta men [C] didn't, a [G/B] lotta men [A] died
[Dm] One fist of [C] iron, the [A#] other of [A] steel
If the [Dm] right one don' { N.C. } get you then the left one wil 
{ CHORUS } - - - (Repeat riff) - - - [Dm]