Intro
A#m G# F# F x2
A#m D#
[Verse]
A#m G# F# F
Some people say man is made out of mud
A#m G# F# F
A# poor man's made out of muscle and blood
A#m D#
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
A#m
A# mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[Chorus]
A#m G# F# F
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
A#m G# F# F
Another day older and deeper in debt
A#m D# D#sus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
A#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
A#m G# F# F x2
A#m G# F# F
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
A#m G# F# F
I Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
A#m D#
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
A#m
And the straw-boss said, "Well, bless my soul"
[Chorus]
A#m G# F# F
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
A#m G# F# F
Another day older and deeper in debt
A#m D# D#sus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
A#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
solo (chorus without lyrics)
[Verse]
A#m G# F# F
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
A#m G# F# F
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
A#m D#
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
A#m
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[Chorus]
A#m G# F# F
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
A#m G# F# F
Another day older and deeper in debt
A#m D# D#sus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
A#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
A#m G# F# F x2
[Verse]
A#m G# F# F
If you see me coming, better step aside
A#m G# F# F
A# lot of men didn't, lot of men died
A#m D#
One fist of iron, the other of steel
A#m
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
[Chorus]
A#m G# F# F
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
A#m G# F# F
Another day older and deeper in debt
A#m D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooooooooooooooo
A#m F
I owe my soul to the company store
[Outro]
[Riff]
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