Sixteen Tons - Platters, acordes de ukelele

Publicado: 2011-04-06 21:05
Seleccion acordes: Henry Walker

          Fm        D#      C#        C7
    Some people say manʼs made out mud,
             Fm         D#           C#           C7
    Well, a good manʼs made out of muscle and blood
      Fm        G#          A#       
    Muscle and blood, and skin and bones,
         C7
    And mind thatʼs weak and the back thatʼs strong.

Chorus:
                 Fm  D#
        You load 16 tons,
             C#          C7
        And what do you get?
           Fm         D#
        Another day older,
             C#         C7
        And deeper in debt.
               Fm              G#
        Saint Peter, donʼt you call me,
              A#  
        Cause I canʼt go,
          Fm                   C7     Fm                
       I owe my soul to the company store!

          Fm        D#      C#        C7
    I was born one morning when sun didnʼt shine,
             Fm         D#           C#         C7
    I picked up my shovel and I went to the mine,
      Fm        G#          A#       
    Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal,
         C7
    And the straw boss said: "Well, bless my soul!"

Chorus:
                 Fm  D#
        You load 16 tons,
             C#          C7
        And what do you get?
           Fm         D#
        Another day older,
             C#         C7
        And deeper in debt.
               Fm              G#
        Saint Peter, donʼt you call me,
              A#  
        Cause I canʼt go,
          Fm                   C7     Fm                
       I owe my soul to the company store!

          Fm        D#      C#        C7
     I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain,
             Fm         D#           C#    C7
     Fighting and Trouble ʼs my middle name,
      Fm        G#          A#       
     I was raised down the Canebrake by an old mountain mine,
         C7
     And there ainʼt no hard hearted women make me walk that line!

Chorus:
                 Fm  D#
        You load 16 tons,
             C#          C7
        And what do you get?
           Fm         D#
        Another day older,
             C#         C7
        And deeper in debt.
               Fm              G#
        Saint Peter, donʼt you call me,
              A#  
        Cause I canʼt go,
          Fm                   C7     Fm                
       I owe my soul to the company store!

          Fm        D#      C#        C7
    If you see me coming, you better step aside,
             Fm         D#           C#     C7
    A lot of men didnʼt and a lot of men died.
      Fm        G#          A#       
    My one fist is iron, the other oneʼs steel,
         C7
    And if the left donʼt getcha, then the right one will.

Chorus:
                 Fm  D#
        You load 16 tons,
             C#          C7
        And what do you get?
           Fm         D#
        Another day older,
             C#         C7
        And deeper in debt.
               Fm              G#
        Saint Peter, donʼt you call me,
              A#  
        Cause I canʼt go,
          Fm                   C7     Fm                
       I owe my soul to the company store