Chords for The Charlie Daniels Band - Sixteen Tons.wmv

_ _ _ _ Mining coal was a tough, dirty job.
The miners worked under the ground in cramped spaces, breathing coal dust all day long.
The hours were long and the pay was short.
This is how it was.
_ [Gm] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Some people say a [A] man's made out of mud.
A poor man's made out of muscle and [D] blood.
[Dm] Muscle and blood, [Gm] skin and bones.
A miner's [F#] weak in the back that's [Dm] strong.
He loads 16 tons.
[A] What do you get?
[D] Another day older and deeper in debt.
[Dm] Saint Peter don't call [Gm] me, cause I can't go.
[Dm] I owe my soul to the company store.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ I was born [A#] one morning [A] when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up my shovel and I ran to the mine.
I loaded 16 [Gm] tons of number 9 coal.
The [F#] straw boss said, well, bless my [Dm] soul.
He loaded 16 [A#] tons.
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
[Dm] Saint Peter don't call [Gm] me, cause I can't go.
[Dm] I owe my soul to the company store.
_ [C#] _ [D] _ _
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.
Fighting and trouble with [A] my middle [Dm] name.
I was freezing to cane break by an old mama [A] lying.
Ain't no [Dm] high-toned woman make me walk the line.
He loaded 16 tons.
What do you get?
Another day older and [A] deeper in debt.
[Dm] Saint Peter don't call [Gm] me, cause I can't go.
[Dm] I owe my soul to the company store. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ Well, _ if you see [G] me coming, better step aside.
A lot of men didn't and [A] a lot of men [Dm] died.
One fist to bind, [Gm] the other one to steal.
If my [Dm] right one don't get you, then my left one will.
He loaded 16 [A#] tons.
What do you get?
[Dm] Another day older and [A] deeper in [Dm] debt.
Saint Peter don't call [Gm] me, cause I can't go.
[Dm] I owe my soul [D]
[Dm] to the company store.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _