Sixteen Tons Chords by Big Bill Broonzy

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_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ Some people say a [Bb] man is made out of mud
[Ab] _ Man is made [Eb] out of flesh and blood
_ [Ab] Flesh and blood and [Db] skin and bones
[Eb] Mine [Abm] that's weak [G] and my back [Ab] that's strong, you load six-ton [Eb] soul, now what do you get?
Another [Ab] day older [Eb] and deeper in debt, so [Ab] Saint Peter don't you call me [Db] cause I can't go
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Hold [Ab] my soul to the company still _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] I
Was born one morning [Eb] when the sun didn't shine
[Abm] _ Picked up my shovel [Eb] and I walked to the mine.
[Ab] I loaded 16 ton [Db] number nine coal
[Eb] _ Strawbar said God dog [Ab] your soul
_ _ _ _ [Eb] What do you get [Ab] another day older [Eb] and deeper in debt so [Ab] Saint Peter don't you call me [Db] cause I can't go
[Eb] Hold my [Abm] soul to the company [Ab] still
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I [Ab] was born one morning [Eb] when the crystal didn't rain
[Ab] _ Fighting and shooting is [Eb] my middle name.
I was [Ab] born in a can break [Db] raised by mama loud
[Eb] No, high [Abm]-toned woman can't make me [Ab] change my mind.
I loaded
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_ _ Another [Ab] day older [Cm] and deeper in debt [Ab] so Saint Peter don't you call me cause [Db] I can't go
[Eb] Hold [G] my soul to [Ab] the company still
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ See me coming you better [Eb] step aside
_ Lot of [Ab] people didn't [Eb] and a lot of him died [Ab] one fist of [Db] mine and the other one of steel
[Eb] Robin [Abm] don't get your ball left [Ab] one.
Will you? _ _
_ What [Eb] do you get [Ab] another day older [Cm] and deeper in debt so [Ab] Saint Peter don't you call me cause [Db] I can't go
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ I'll
my _ soul [Eb] to the Company _ still _ _ _ _ _
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