Intro
Dm C A# A x2
Dm G
[Verse]
Dm C A# A
Some people say man is made out of mud
Dm C A# A
D poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Dm G
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
Dm
D mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[Chorus]
Dm C A# A
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Dm C A# A
Another day older and deeper in debt
Dm G Gsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Dm
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
Dm C A# A x2
Dm C A# A
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
Dm C A# A
I Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Dm G
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Dm
And the straw-boss said, "Well, bless my soul"
[Chorus]
Dm C A# A
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Dm C A# A
Another day older and deeper in debt
Dm G Gsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Dm
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
solo (chorus without lyrics)
[Verse]
Dm C A# A
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
Dm C A# A
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Dm G
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Dm
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
[Chorus]
Dm C A# A
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Dm C A# A
Another day older and deeper in debt
Dm G Gsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Dm
I owe my soul to the company store
[Instrumental]
[Riff]
Dm C A# A x2
[Verse]
Dm C A# A
If you see me coming, better step aside
Dm C A# A
D lot of men didn't, lot of men died
Dm G
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Dm
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
[Chorus]
Dm C A# A
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Dm C A# A
Another day older and deeper in debt
Dm G Gsus4 G Gsus4
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goooooooooooooooo
Dm A
I owe my soul to the company store
[Outro]
[Riff]
Am7