Am G F ESome people say a man is made out of mudAm G F EA poor man's made out of muscle and bloodAm G F EMuscle and blood and skin and boneAm G F EA mind that's weak and a back that's strong.Am G F Ech: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?Am G F EAnother day older and deeper in debtAm G F ESaint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goAm G E AmI owe my soul to the company store.Am G F EIf you see me coming better step asideAm G F EA lot of men didn't and a lot of men diedAm G F EWith one fist of iron and the other of steelAm G F EIf the right one don't get you then the left one will.Am G F Ech: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?Am G F EAnother day older and deeper in debtAm G F ESaint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goAm G E AmI owe my soul to the company store.Am G F EI was born one morning when the sun didn't shineAm G F EPicked up my shovel and I went to the mineAm G F ELoaded sixteen tons of number nine coalAm G F EAnd the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"Am G F Ech: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?Am G F EAnother day older and deeper in debtAm G F ESaint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goAm G E AmI owe my soul to the company store.Am G F EI was born one morning in the drizzling rainAm G F EFighting and trouble are my middle nameAm G F EI was raised in the canebreak by an old mama houndAm G F EAin't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.Am G F Ech: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?Am G F EAnother day older and deeper in debtAm G F ESaint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goAm G E AmI owe my soul to the company store.
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