Johnny Cash- 16 Tons Acoustic
Tabbed by:Sir Dead
Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle an' blood
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons an' what do ya get?
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't ya call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
The strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"
I was born one morning it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion
Ain't no high-tone woman make me walk the line
If ya see me coming ya better step aside
A lotta men didn't and a lotta men died
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
If the right one don't get ya then the left one will.
My first submission here or anywhere, please feel free to give correction or improvements.
This is more like a mix of Johnny Cash and the original, I tweaked it for when its just me and
my acoustic to sound better solo.