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Chord diagram for Am
Chord diagram for F
Chord diagram for E
Chord diagram for Dm
      [Intro & Riff]

e|------------------------|------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------|
G|-2----------------------|------------------|
D|-------2----------------|------------------|
A|-------------3-----0----|------------0-----|
E|------------------------|-0---2-4----------|

     Am                   F          E
Some people say a man is made outta mud
  Am                    F           E
A poor man's made outta muscle 'n blood...
Am                    Dm       F
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
  Am                     E           Am
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

[Chorus]
Am                        F        E
You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
Am                    F          E
Another day older an' deeper in debt
       Am                         Dm      F
Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
Am                   E       Am
I owe my soul to the company store

[Riff]

Am                              F            E
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Am                         F             E
Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Am                      Dm          F
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
        Am                     E        Am
And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"

[Chorus & Riff]

Am                            F         E
I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
Am                       F         E
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Am                                   Dm        F
I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama lion
         Am                       E        Am
Ain't no high-tone woman make me walk the line.

Am                               F       E
If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
Am                        F         E
A lotta men didn't an' a lotta men died
Am                            Dm         F
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
       Am                             E         Am
If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.

[Chorus & Riff]
    

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