Sixteen Tons Chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

[Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
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_ Some people say a man is made out of mud.
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood [C] and skin [Abm] and bones.
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load sixteen ton, [Bm] what do you get?
Another day [Abm] older and you're dead.
[B] Saint Peter, don't you call [G] me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company [B] store. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up [Abm] my shovel and I [Gb] walked to the mine.
I [B] loaded [Db] sixteen tons, a number nine coal and a straw ball said,
well bless my soul you load sixteen [D] ton, _ [Ab] what do you get? _
[Gbm] Another day older [Abm] and [B] you're dead.
Saint Peter, don't you call [G] me cause I can't go.
I owe my [Bm] soul to the company store.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.
_ Fighting and trouble are my middle name.
I was raised in McCain, break by an old mama line.
Can't no high tone woman make me walk the line.
You load [Bm] sixteen ton, [Ab]
what do you [Gb] get?
[B] Another day older [Ab] and [Bm] deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't you call me [Em] cause I can't [B] go.
I owe my soul to the company store. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ If _ you see me coming better step aside.
A [A] lot of men didn't, a lot of men died.
One fist of iron, the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one [B] will.
You load [Bm] sixteen ton, _ what do you get?
_ [Gbm] Another day [Bm] older and [Gb] deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, [Ab] don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go. _ _ _ _
_ I owe _ [Bm] _
my _ _ _ _ _ _ soul _ _ to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the company store.
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