Sixteen Tons Chords by B.B. King

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_ Some people say a man is made out of mud, [Fm] a romance made out [C#] of muscle [C] and blood, [Fm] muscle
and blood [A#m] and skin and bone.
[Fm] A mind that's weak and a back that's strong, that loads 16 tons.
[C#] And what do [C] you get?
_ [Fm] Another day older [C#] and deeper [C] in debt.
[Fm] Saint Peter, don't you call me [A#m] cause I can't go.
[Fm] I owe my soul to the company store.
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_ [C] I [Fm] was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
[F] I picked up [G#] my shovel and [C#] I walked to [C] the mine.
I [Fm] load 16 tons [A#m] of number 9 coal.
And [Fm] this broad boss said, well, bless my soul, you load 16 tons.
[C#] And what do [C] you get?
_ [Fm] Another day [C#] older and deeper [C] in debt.
[Fm] Saint Peter, don't you call me [A#m] cause I can't go.
[Fm] I owe my soul to the company store.
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_ [C] I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.
[F] Fighting [C#] trouble is my [C] middle name.
I [Fm] was raised in a cane break [A#m] line, old mama line [Fm] cane.
No one woman make me walk the line.
You load [G#] 16 tons.
[C#] And what do you [C] get?
_ [Fm] Another day older [C#] and deeper [C] in debt.
[Fm] Saint Peter, don't you call me [A#m] cause I can't go.
[Fm] I owe my soul to the company store.
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_ [F] _ If you see me coming, better step aside.
[Fm] A lot of [D#] men didn't and a lot of [C] men died.
[Fm] One fist of iron [A#m] and the other steel.
[Fm] If the right don't get you, then the other one will.
You load 16 [C#] tons.
And what do [C] you get?
_ [Fm] Another day older [C#] and deeper [C] in debt.
[Fm] Saint Peter, don't you call me [A#m] cause I can't go.
[Fm] I owe my soul to the company store.
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_ [C] I [Fm] owe my soul [C#] to the company [Fm] store. _ _ _ _ _
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