Misc Unsigned Bands – Homer And Jethro - Sixteen Tons (Guitar)
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Sixteen Tons:Homer And Jethro.
On RCA Records in 1955.
INTRO: G Gb Db Gbm D
#1.
Db Gbm D Db Some people say a man is made outta dirt, Gbm D Db bow-legged britches and a humpbacked shirt. Gbm D Bm Every man has his woman to make him tick, Gbm Db Gbm but only the miner has his pick.
#2.
Gbm D Db You load sixteen tons, how do you feel? Gbm D Db Too tired to work, too scared to steal. Gbm Bm Saint Peter, don't you holler for me today, Db Fm Gbm cause I'm a-diggin' the other way.
INTERLUDE: Db Gb Gbm D
#3.
Gbm D Db Uncle John was a miner, he was long and tall. Gbm D Db Chasin' after women made him end it all. Gbm Bm He could never catch 'em, though he tried, Db Fm Gbm so, old Uncle John laid down and died.
CHORUS:
Gbm D Db Gbm D Db Gbm Sixteen tons......sixteen tons.......sixteen D Bm Gbm Db tons................
#4.
Gbm D Db I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine. Gbm D Db I remember my mama was a-gone at the time. Gbm Bm The doctor looked down, and he said, oh, my! Db Fm Gbm I wonder whether he's gonna walk or fly.
CHORUS:
Gbm D Db Gbm D Db Gbm Sixteen tons......sixteen tons.......sixteen D Bm Gbm Db tons................
#5.
Gbm D Db Well, I've shoveled this coal til my back is bent. Gbm D Db My get-up-and-go has got up and went. Gbm Bm My wife ran away with my friend Jim. Gbm Db Gbm I don't miss her but I do miss him.
OUTRO:
Gbm D Db You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Gbm D Db Slag in your pants and soaked with sweat. Gbm Bm Tennessee Ernie done made this song, Gbm Db Gbm but the pea-picker sung the words all wrong.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.