Sixteen Tons Tabulatur von Tennessee Ernie Ford (für Baryton)

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Some people say a man is made outa mud
Em                    C            B7
A poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood...
Em                    C       B7
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
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A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

Chorus
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You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
Em                    C          B7  
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Em                           C            B7  
Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
Em                   B7       Em
I owe my soul to the company sto'

Em                               C       B7  
If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
Em                    C            B7  
A lotta men din't an' a lotta men died
Em                            C           B7  
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
Em                                    C         B7  
If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.

Em                              C            B7  
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Em                        C           B7  
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Em                            C    B  
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Em                             C        B7  
And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"

Em                            C         B7  
I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
Em                       C         B7  
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Em                               C            B7  
I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama hound
Em                             C       B7  
Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.