Intro
F#m E D C# x2
F#m B
[Verse]
F#m E D C#
Some people say man is made out of mud
F#m E D C#
F# poor man's made out of muscle and blood
F#m B
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
F#m
F# mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[Chorus]
F#m E D C#
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
F#m E D C#
Another day older and deeper in debt
F#m B Bsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
F#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
F#m E D C# x2
F#m E D C#
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
F#m E D C#
I Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
F#m B
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
F#m
And the straw-boss said, "Well, bless my soul"
[Chorus]
F#m E D C#
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
F#m E D C#
Another day older and deeper in debt
F#m B Bsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
F#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
solo (chorus without lyrics)
[Verse]
F#m E D C#
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
F#m E D C#
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
F#m B
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
F#m
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[Chorus]
F#m E D C#
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
F#m E D C#
Another day older and deeper in debt
F#m B Bsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
F#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
F#m E D C# x2
[Verse]
F#m E D C#
If you see me coming, better step aside
F#m E D C#
F# lot of men didn't, lot of men died
F#m B
One fist of iron, the other of steel
F#m
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
[Chorus]
F#m E D C#
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
F#m E D C#
Another day older and deeper in debt
F#m B Bsus4 B Bsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooooooooooooooo
F#m C#
I owe my soul to the company store
[Outro]
[Riff]
Am7