Chords for B.B. Blues Boy King - 16 Tons

_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Some _ people say a man is made out of mud.
[Fm] A poor man's made [C#] out of muscle [C] and blood.
[Fm] Muscle and blood [A#m] and skin and bone.
[Fm] A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
That loads 16 tons.
[C#] And what do [C] you get?
_ [Fm] Another day [C#] older and deeper [C] in debt.
Saint [Fm] Peter, don't you call me [A#m] cause I can't go.
[Fm] I owe my soul to the company store. _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C#] _ [C] I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
[Fm] I picked up my shovel and I walked to [C] the mine.
I load [Fm] 16 tons [A#] of number [A#m] 9 coal.
[F] And the store boss said, well, bless my soul.
You load 16 tons.
[C#] And what do [C] you get?
_ [Fm] Another day [C#] older and deeper [C] in debt.
[Fm] Saint Peter, don't you call me [A#m] cause I can't go.
[Fm] I owe my soul to the company store. _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ I was born one morning.
It was drizzling rain.
[F] Fighting in [C#] trouble is my [C] middle name.
I [Fm] was raised in a cane break [A#] line.
Oh, Mama, _ [Fm] can't no one woman make me walk the line.
You load 16 tons.
[C#] And what do [C] you get?
[Fm] Another day older [C#] and deeper [C] in debt.
[Fm] Saint Peter, don't you call me [A#m] cause I can't go.
[Fm] I owe my soul to the company store. _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [C] If you see me coming, better step aside.
[Fm] A lot of men [C#] didn't and a lot of [C] men died.
[Fm] One fist of vine [A#m] and the other still.
[Fm] If the right don't get you, then the other one will.
You load 16 tons.
[C#] And what do you [C] get?
_ [F] Another day [C#] older and deeper [C] in debt.
[Fm] Saint Peter, don't you call me [A#m] cause I can't go.
[Fm] I owe my soul to the company store. _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] I owe my soul to the company store.
_ _ [F] _ _