Intro
G#m F# E D# x2
G#m C#
[Verse]
G#m F# E D#
Some people say man is made out of mud
G#m F# E D#
G# poor man's made out of muscle and blood
G#m C#
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
G#m
G# mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[Chorus]
G#m F# E D#
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
G#m F# E D#
Another day older and deeper in debt
G#m C# C#sus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
G#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
G#m F# E D# x2
G#m F# E D#
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
G#m F# E D#
I Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
G#m C#
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
G#m
And the straw-boss said, "Well, bless my soul"
[Chorus]
G#m F# E D#
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
G#m F# E D#
Another day older and deeper in debt
G#m C# C#sus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
G#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
solo (chorus without lyrics)
[Verse]
G#m F# E D#
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
G#m F# E D#
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
G#m C#
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
G#m
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[Chorus]
G#m F# E D#
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
G#m F# E D#
Another day older and deeper in debt
G#m C# C#sus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
G#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
G#m F# E D# x2
[Verse]
G#m F# E D#
If you see me coming, better step aside
G#m F# E D#
G# lot of men didn't, lot of men died
G#m C#
One fist of iron, the other of steel
G#m
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
[Chorus]
G#m F# E D#
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
G#m F# E D#
Another day older and deeper in debt
G#m C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooooooooooooooo
G#m D#
I owe my soul to the company store
[Outro]
[Riff]
Am7