Sixteen Tons chords

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INTRO: [G] [Gb] [Db] [Gbm] [D]

#1.
[Db]Some [Gbm]people say a [D]man is made outta [Db]dirt,
bow-legged [Gbm]britches and a [D]humpbacked [Db]shirt.
Every [Gbm]man has his woman to [D]make him [Bm]tick,
but [Gbm]only the miner [Db]has his [Gbm]pick.

#2.
You load [Gbm]sixteen tons, [D]how do you [Db]feel?
Too [Gbm]tired to work, too [D]scared to [Db]steal.
[Gbm]Saint Peter, don't you holler for [Bm]me today,
cause I'm a-[Db]diggin' the [Fm]other [Gbm]way.

INTERLUDE: [Db] [Gb] [Gbm] [D]

#3.
Uncle [Gbm]John was a miner, he was [D]long and [Db]tall.
[Gbm]Chasin' after women made him [D]end it [Db]all.
[Gbm]He could never catch 'em, [Bm]though he tried,
so, old Uncle [Db]John laid [Fm]down and [Gbm]died.

[CHORUS]
[Gbm]Sixteen [D]tons.[Db] .....[Gbm]sixteen [D]tons..[Db] .....[Gbm]sixteen
[D]tons...[Bm] .......[Gbm] .....[Db] .

#4.
[Gbm]I was born one [D]mornin' when the sun didn't [Db]shine.
[Gbm]I remember my mama was a-[D]gone at the [Db]time.
The [Gbm]doctor looked down, and he [Bm]said, oh, my!
I wonder whether [Db]he's gonna [Fm]walk or [Gbm]fly.

[CHORUS]
[Gbm]Sixteen [D]tons.[Db] .....[Gbm]sixteen [D]tons..[Db] .....[Gbm]sixteen
[D]tons...[Bm] .......[Gbm] .....[Db] .

#5.
[Gbm]Well, I've shoveled this [D]coal til my [Db]back is bent.
[Gbm]My get-up-and-go has [D]got up and [Db]went.
[Gbm]My wife ran away with [Bm]my friend Jim.
I [Gbm]don't miss her but I [Db]do miss [Gbm]him.

[OUTRO]
[Gbm]You load sixteen tons, [D]what do you [Db]get?
[Gbm]Slag in your pants and [D]soaked with [Db]sweat.
[Gbm]Tennessee Ernie done [Bm]made this song,
but the [Gbm]pea-picker sung the [Db]words all [Gbm]wrong.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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