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Intro
Riff
e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-2---------------------------------------------| D|------2----------------------------------------| A|-----------3----0---------------0--------------| E|---------------------0--2--4-------------------|
Verse 1
Some people say a man is made out o' mud
A poor man's made out o' muscle an' blood.
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bones
Am N.C
A mind that's weak an' a back that's strong
Chorus
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am N.C
I owe my soul to the company sto'
(Repeat riff)
Verse 2
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Am N.C
And the straw boss said, "Well, bless my soul"
Chorus
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am N.C
I owe my soul to the company sto'
(Repeat riff)
Verse 3
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an' ol' mama lion
Am N.C
Can't no high-tone woman make me walk the line
Chorus
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am N.C
I owe my soul to the company sto'
(Repeat riff)
Verse 4
If ya see me comin' better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Am N.C
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
Chorus
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Am N.C
I owe my soul to the company sto'
(Repeat riff)
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