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