Sixteen Tons Uke tab by Tennessee Ernie Ford (Baritone Chords)

4 Chords used in the song: Em, C, B7, B

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Year:  1997
Difficulty: 
3.5
(Intermediate)
Key: EmChords
Em baritone chordEm                    C baritone chordC            B7 baritone chordB7  
Some people say a man is made outa mud
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
A baritone chordA poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood...
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
A baritone chordA mind that's weak and a back that's strong

Chorus
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
Em baritone chordEm B7 baritone chordB7 Em baritone chordEm
I owe my soul to the company sto'

Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
A baritone chordA lotta men din't an' a lotta men died
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.

Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B baritone chordB
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"

Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama hound
Em baritone chordEm C baritone chordC B7 baritone chordB7
Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.

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Super accurate both for the notes and the timing! Thank you for the good tab. It's one of the few that's in my natural singing range that isn't in a lot of other people's, and it's nice to be able to play along with it!
02 Jul 2021
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About this song: Sixteen Tons

Classic pop-country crossover hit of 1955-56, reaching #1 on both Billboard's pop and country charts. Orchestrated with a clarinet lead, not a typical country music instrument, by Jack Fascinato.

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