Suits and Tie (Sixteen Tons)
Recorded by Cooper Alan
Album: Single (2024)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
|(Am) / / / |(E) / (Am) / |

(Verse 1)
(Am)Bobby works a coal mine, (F)dust in his (E)windpipe
(Am)Turned thirty-(F)five got an (E)eighty year old spine
(Am)Sleeps in a double wide, (Dm)fridge full of booze
He says I (Am)gotta get by, what can you do?

(Chorus)
I (Am)bust my ass, and (F)what do I (E)get?
Another (Am)IOU to the (F)IR-(E)S
And some (Am)DC Devil in a (Dm)Red Corvette
I (Am)sold my soul but I (C)can't pay (Am)rent
80 (Am)hours a week
(G)50 (F)years and you (E)die
Doc (Am)I can't (G)sleep
Well here's a (F)pill to get (E)high
Boss (Am)I need a break
But (Am)boy you're mine
I (NC)sold my soul to a suit and tie (Am) (E)(Am)

(Verse 2)
(Am)Brandy works the graveyard (F)down at the (E)Walmart
(Am)Doug long hauls in a (F)Mac Truck (E)real far
They've (Am)got 3 kids and (Dm)2 paychecks
A (NC)little bit of land and a whole lot of debt

(Chorus)
I (Am)bust my ass, and (F)what do I (E)get?
Another (Am)IOU to the (F)IR-(E)S
And some (Am)DC Devil in a (Dm)Red Corvette
I (Am)sold my soul but I (C)can't pay (Am)rent
80 (Am)hours a week
(G)50 (F)years and you (E)die
Doc (Am)I can't (G)sleep
Well here's a (F)pill to get (E)high
Boss (Am)I need a break
But (Dm)boy you're mine
I (NC)sold my soul to a suit and tie

(Bridge)
It's (G)blind rat racing, (F)running through a (E)maze and
They (Am)pull all the (G)strings and they (F)keep on (E)taking
(Am)Half of my dimes and (Dm)all of my time
(NC)Sold on a dream that turned into a lie

(Out-Chorus)
I (Am)bust my ass, and (F)what do I (E)get?
Another (Am)IOU to the (F)IR-(E)S
And some (Am)DC Devil in a (Dm)Red Corvette
I (Em)sold my soul but I (C)can't pay (Am)rent
80 (Am)hours a week, (G)50 (F)years and you (E)die
Doc (Am)I can't (G)sleep, well here's a (F)pill to get (E)high
Boss (Am)I need a break, but (Am)boy you're mine
I (NC)sold my soul to a suit and tie - - - - -