Sixteen Tons

C  G   Am                 C  G   Am

C G    Am                Dm
Some people say man is made out of 
mud
  Am                     E
A poor man's made out of muscle and 
blood
Am                   Dm
Muscle and blood and skin and bone
  Am                       E
A mind that's a-weak and a back 
that's strong

[Chorus]
         Am               Dm
You load sixteen tons and what do 
you get
    Am                  E
An- other day older and deeper in 
debt
      Am                           
Saint Peter don't you call me 
  Dm
'cause I can't go
  E
I owe my soul to the company store
                             Am
 Owe my soul, owe my soul to company
 store
C      G           Am            C G
Owe my soul to the company store

            Am                   
Well, I was born one mornin' when 
     Dm
the sun didn't shine
         Am                 E
I picked up my shovel and I walked 
to the mine
         Am              Dm
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine
 coal
        Am                     E
And the store-boss said, "Son, bless
 my soul"

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[Chorus]
         Am               Dm
You load sixteen tons and what do 
you get
    Am                  E
An- other day older and deeper in 
debt
      Am                           
Saint Peter don't you call me 
  Dm
'cause I can't go
  E
I owe my soul to the company store, 
owe my soul, owe my soul

[Solo]
Am  Dm   Am  E   Am  Dm   E Am    Am

      Am                      
I was born one mornin', it was 
 Dm
drizzlin' rain
Am                          E
Fightin' and trouble are my middle 
name
      Am                    Dm
I was raised in the wood by mama 
lion
      Am                      E
No, a high-tone woman make me walk 
the line

[Chorus]
         Am               Dm
You load sixteen tons and what do 
you get
    Am                  E
An- other day older and deeper in 
debt
      Am                           
Saint Peter don't you call me 
  Dm
'cause I can't go
  E
I owe my soul to the company store
                            Am     
Owe my soul, owe my soul to company
       C G
 store
       Am            C G
To the company store

       Am                    Dm
If you see me comin', better step 
aside
  Am                      E
A lot of men didn't and a lot of men
 died
Am                    Dm
One fist of iron, the other of steel
       Am              G       E
If the right one don't git ya, son, 
then left one will

[Chorus]
         Am               Dm
You load sixteen tons and what do 
you get
    Am                  E
An- other day older and deeper in 
debt
      Am                           
Saint Peter don't you call me 
  Dm
'cause I can't go
  E
I owe my soul to the company store

E                         Am
Owe my soul, owe my soul, owe my 
soul  --- oh
Am               Dm             
Sixteen tons,  I owe my soul,   
Am                   Dm
sixteen tons  to the company store
Am               Dm             
Sixteen tons,  I owe my soul,   
Am                   Dm
sixteen tons  to the company store