Sixteen Tons (Merle Travis)

		
Intro & Riff:  
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 Em                        C         Bb7
Some people say a man is made out of mud 
 Em                      C           Bb7
А poor man's made out of muscle and blood 
 Em                Am
Muscle and blood and skin and bones 
 C                     Bb7           Em
А mind that's weak and a back that's strong. 
 
Chorus:
 Em                    C        Bb7
You load sixteen tons what do you get 
 Em                    C       Bb7
Another day older and deeper in debt 
 Em                          
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
 C                Bb7          Em
I owe my soul to the company store. 
 
 Em                          C           Bb7
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine 
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine 
 Em                     
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal 
 C                     Bb7          Em
And the straw boss said well a bless my soul 
 
Chorus: 
 Em                    C           Bb7
You load sixteen tons what do you get 
 Em                    C        Bb7
Another day older and deeper in debt 
 Em                          
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
 C                Bb7          Em
I owe my soul to the company store. 
 
Riff: 
 Em                         C            Bb7
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain. 
 Em                             C     Bb7
Fighting and trouble are my middle name. 
 Em                          Am
I was raised in the cane break by an old mama lion. 
 C                          Bb7          Em 
Ain't no high tone woman make me walk the line. 
 
Chorus & Riff: 
 Em                         C      Bb7
If you see me coming better step a side 
 Em                     C     Bb7
A lot of men didn't a lot of men died 
 Em                     Am
One fist of iron the other of steel 
 C                             Bb7           Em 
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
	

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