Tom: Am
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Eels - Sixteens Tons
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Album : Sixteen Tons (2003 KCRW Session) (2005)
Tempo : 170 (but the riff is play freely )
E-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr
Tabbed by: newg
[Intro]
Riff intro , bridge and outro
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A|--------------3------0-----|---------------------------|
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Am G F E x2 (Clean and with disto after)
Am G F E x2
Am D
[Verse]
Am G F E
Some people say man is made out of mud
Am G F E
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Am D
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
Am
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[Chorus]
Am G F E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am D Dsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
Am G F E x2
Am G F E
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
Am G F E
I Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Am D
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Am
And the straw-boss said, "Well, bless my soul"
[Chorus]
Am G F E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am D Dsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
solo (chorus without lyrics)
[Verse]
Am G F E
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
Am G F E
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Am D
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Am
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[Chorus]
Am G F E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am D Dsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
Am G F E x2
[Verse]
Am G F E
If you see me coming, better step aside
Am G F E
A lot of men didn't, lot of men died
Am D
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Am
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
[Chorus]
Am G F E
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooooooooooooooo
Am E
I owe my soul to the company store
[Outro]
[Riff]
Am7
