Intro
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Am &G F E
Am &G F E
Verse 1
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Am &G F E
Some people say a man is made out of mud
Am &G F E
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood...
Am C Dm F
Muscle and blood skin and bone
Am E Am E
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
Chorus 1
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Am &G F E
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
Am &G F E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Am C Dm F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
Am E Am
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 2
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Am &G F E
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
Am &G F E
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Am C Dm F
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Am E Am
The strawboss said Well, Bless my soul!
Chorus 2
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Am &G F E
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
Am &G F E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Am C Dm F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
Am E Am
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 3
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Am &G F E
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
Am &G F E
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
Am C Dm F
I was raised in the cane-break by an old mama lion
Am E Am
Can't no hot-coloured woman make me haunt the line
Chorus 3
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Am &G F E
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get
Am &G F E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Am C Dm F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I, I can't go
Am E Am
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 4 - key change!
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Bbm &Ab F# F
If you see me coming better step a-side
Bbm &Ab F# F
A lotta men didn't a lotta men died
Bbm C# Ebm F#
I got one fist of iron the other of steel
Bbm F Bbm
If the right one don't get ya then the left one will
Chorus 4
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Am &G F E
You load up sixteen tons and whaddya get
Am &G F E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Am C Dm F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
Am E Am
I owe my soul to the company store
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