I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sixteen Tons
By Merle Travis
Rise Up Singing chapter: Mountain Voices, p.149
Verses:
Em - C B7 / Em - C B7 / Em - Am - / Em - - B7
Chorus:
Em - C B7 / Em - C B7 / Em - Am - / Em - B7 Em
Now some people say a man's made out of mud
But a poor man's made of muscle and blood
Muscle and blood, skin and bone
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
Chorus:
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
my dad would sing this song when I was a kid! maybe I can learn to play it for him. he's tone deaf, so I don't even have to play it right. yeah!
ReplyDeleteThank you again and again! I'm trying to track down a set of songs tonight, and you've done most of them.
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