Sixteen Tons
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{c:Strum: |: d - D u d - Du :|:}
{c:Intro: }
[Am] Do do do do [E7] do do do [Am] do
Some [Am] people say a [Am7] man is [F7] made out of [E7] mud,
A [Am] poor man’s [Am7] made out of [F7] muscle and [E7] blood,
[Am] Muscle and blood and [Dm] skin and bones,
A [Am] mind that’s weak and a back that’s [E7] strong
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{soc}
You load [Am] sixteen [Am7] tons and [F7] what do you [E7] get?
A-[Am]nother day [Am7] older and [F7] deeper in [E7] debt,
St. [Am] Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause [Dm] I can’t go.
I [Am] owe my soul to the [E7] company’s [Am] store.
{eoc}
Well I was [Am] born one [Am7] morning when the [F7] sun didn’t [E7] shine,
I [Am] picked up my [Am7] shovel and [F7] walked to the [E7] mine,
I loaded [Am] sixteen tons of [Dm] number nine coal,
And the [Am] straw boss said, “Well, bless my [E7] soul!”
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
You load [Am] sixteen [Am7] tons and [F7] what do you [E7] get?
A-[Am]nother day [Am7] older and [F7] deeper in [E7] debt,
St. [Am] Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause [Dm] I can’t go.
I [Am] owe my soul to the [E7] company’s [Am] store.
{eoc}
Well, I was [Am] born one [Am7] morning it was [F7] drizzlin’ [E7] rain,
[Am] Fightin’ and [Am7] trouble were [F7] my middle [E7] name
I was [Am] raised in the cane break by an [Dm] old mamma lion,
Can’t no [Am] high-toned woman make me [E7] walk the line
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{soc}
You load [Am] sixteen [Am7] tons and [F7] what do you [E7] get?
A-[Am]nother day [Am7] older and [F7] deeper in [E7] debt,
St. [Am] Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause [Dm] I can’t go.
I [Am] owe my soul to the [E7] company’s [Am] store.
{eoc}
Well if you [Am] see me [Am7] comin’ you better [F7] step a-[E7]side,
A [Am] lot of men [Am7] didn’t and a [F7] lot of men [E7] died,
[Am] One fist of iron and the [Dm] other of steel,
If the [Am] right one don’t get you then the [E7] left one will.
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{soc}
You load [Am] sixteen [Am7] tons and [F7] what do you [E7] get?
A-[Am]nother day [Am7] older and [F7] deeper in [E7] debt,
St. [Am] Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause [Dm] I can’t go.
I [Am] owe my soul to the [E7] company’s [Am] store.
{eoc}
{c:Outro: }
[Am] Do do do do [E7] do do do [Am] do
{t:Sixteen Tons}
