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