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Sixteen Tons
Em B Em
Em
Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Am
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
Em
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
Em
You load sixteen tons what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Em ( Em B Em)
I owe my soul to the company store
Em
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Am
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Em
And the straw boss said well a bless my soul
Em
You load sixteen tons what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Em (Em B Em)
I owe my soul to the company store
Em
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
Am
I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion
Em
Ain't no high tone woman make me walk the line
Em
You load sixteen tons what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Em (Em B Em)
I owe my soul to the company store
Em
If you see me coming better step aside
A lot of men didn't a lot of men died
Am
One fist of iron the other of steel
Em
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
Em
You load sixteen tons what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Em (Em B Em)
I owe...... my soul .....to the company store
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Tabs by: Eddy
Published: 7 Sep, 2009
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