Sixteen Tons

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Some (Am)people say a man is (F)made outta (E)mud
A (Am)poor man's made outta (F)muscle and (E)blood
(Am)Muscle and blood and (Dm)skin and bones
A (Am)mind that's weak and a (E)back that's (Am)strong

You load (Am)sixteen tons and (F)whaddya (E)get?
(Am)Another day older and (F)deeper in (E)debt
Saint (Am)Peter don't'ya call me 'cause (Dm)I can't go
I (Am)owe my soul to the (E)company (Am)store

(Am)I was born one mornin' when the (F)sun didn't (E)shine
I (Am)picked up my shovel and I (F)walked to the (E)mine
I loaded (Am)sixteen tons of (Dm)number nine coal
And the (Am)strawboss said, well, (E)bless my (Am)soul'

You load (Am)sixteen tons and (F)whaddya (E)get?
(Am)Another day older and (F)deeper in (E)debt
Saint (Am)Peter don't'ya call me 'cause (Dm)I can't go
I (Am)owe my soul to the (E)company (Am)store

(Am)I was born one morning it was (F)drizzlin'(E)rain
(Am)Fightin' and trouble are (F)my middle (E)name
I was (Am)raised in the canebreak by an (Dm)old mama lion
Can't (Am)no high-tone woman make me (E)walk the (Am)line

You load (Am)sixteen tons and (F)whaddya (E)get?
(Am)Another day older and (F)deeper in (E)debt
Saint (Am)Peter don't'ya call me 'cause (Dm)I can't go
I (Am)owe my soul to the (E)company (Am)store

(Am)If ya see me comin', better (F)step a(E)side
A (Am)lotta men didn't and a (F)lotta men (E)died
(Am)One fist of iron, (Dm)the other of steel
If the (AM)right one don't getcha, then the (E)left one (Am)will

You load (Am)sixteen tons and (F)whaddya (E)get?
(Am)Another day older and (F)deeper in (E)debt
Saint (Am)Peter don't'ya call me 'cause (Dm)I can't go
I (Am)owe my soul to the (E)company (Am)store