Songs posted seem to be in the wrong key, so I updated it.
Main Riff:
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A|-------------5-----2----|---------1--2----- |
E|------------------------|-2---4------------ |
"Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford
(Riff)
[Verse]
Bm G F#
Some people say a man is made outa mud
Bm G F#
A poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood...
Bm Em F#
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
Bm (G F#)
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[Chorus]
Bm G F#
You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
Bm G F#
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Bm Em F#
Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
Bm (F# Bm)
I owe my soul to the company store
(Riff)
Bm G F#
If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
Bm G F#
A lotta men din't an' a lotta men died
Bm Em F#
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
Bm (G F#)
If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.
(Chorus + Riff)
Bm G F#
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Bm G F#
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Bm Em F#
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Bm (G F#)
And the straw boss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"
(Chorus + Riff)
Bm G F#
I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
Bm G F#
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Bm G F#
I was raised in the canebrake by an' ol' mama hound
Bm (G F# )
Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.
(Chorus + Riff)
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/tennessee_ernie_ford/sixteen_tons_chords_1501914