16 Tons Chords

Nina Hagen - 16 Tons
 
 
Tabbed by: http://www.andreasvockrodt.de
 
 
[Intro]
 
 
[Verse]
 
     Gm
Some people say a man is made out of mud
  Gm
A poor man’s made out of muscle and blood
                     Cm
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
  D7#9
A mind that’s weak and a back that’s strong
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         Gm
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
 Gm
Another day older and deeper in debt
    Gm
St. Peter, don't you call me
       Cm
'cause I can't go
  D7#9                              Gm
I owe my soul to the company store
Gm
(We’re not going back to those days of 16 Tons)
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
      Gm
I was born one morning when the sun didn’t shine
  Gm
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the minе
                    Cm
I loaded 16 tons of number 9 coal
        D7#9
And the straw bus said wеll bless my soul
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
         Gm
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
 Gm
Another day older and deeper in debt
    Gm
St. Peter, don't you call me
       Cm
'cause I can't go
  D7#9                              Gm
I owe my soul to the company store
Gm
(We’re not gonna be takin' the Red Line, w’ere taking the Green Line to prosperity)
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
      Gm
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
Gm
Fightin' and trouble are my maiden name
                                      Cm
I was raised in the chain break by an old mama lion
    D7#9
God no, no don't make me walk the line
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
         Gm
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
 Gm
Another day older and deeper in debt
    Gm
St. Peter, don't you call me
       Cm
'cause I can't go
  D7#9                              Gm
I owe my soul to the company store
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
       Gm
If you see me comin', better step aside
  Gm
A lotta men didn't and a lotta men died
                         Cm
I got a fist of iron and a fist of steel
       D7#9
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
 
 
[Chorus 4]
 
         Gm
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
 Gm
Another day older and deeper in debt
    Gm
St. Peter, don't you call me
       Cm
'cause I can't go
  D7#9                       Gm
I owe my soul to the company store
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