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Am G F E
Some people say a man is made out of mud
Am G F E
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Am G F E
Muscle and blood and skin and bone
Am G F E
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
Am G F E
ch: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am G F E
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am G E Am
I owe my soul to the company store.
Am G F E
If you see me coming better step aside
Am G F E
A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died
Am G F E
With one fist of iron and the other of steel
Am G F E
If the right one don't get you then the left one will.
Am G F E
ch: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am G F E
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am G E Am
I owe my soul to the company store.
Am G F E
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
Am G F E
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Am G F E
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Am G F E
And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"
Am G F E
ch: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am G F E
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am G E Am
I owe my soul to the company store.
Am G F E
I was born one morning in the drizzling rain
Am G F E
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
Am G F E
I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama hound
Am G F E
Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.
Am G F E
ch: You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Am G F E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am G F E
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am G E Am
I owe my soul to the company store.

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