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