Sixteen Tons Chords by Frankie Laine

_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _
_ [C] Some people say a man is made out of [Ab] mud, a poor man's [Fm] made out of muscle and blood,
muscle and [Bbm] blood and skin and [Fm] bone.
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong, you load 16 ton and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Oh brother, don't you call [Bbm] me cause I can't go.
[C] I owe my soul to the [Fm] company store.
_ [Bbm] _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked up my shovel and I walked
to the mine, I loaded 16 [G] ton of number 9 [F] coal and the [C] store boss said, well bless my soul,
[Fm] you load 16 ton and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Oh brother, don't you [Bbm] call me cause I can't [Fm] go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _
I was born one morning, it was drizzling [Ab] rain, fighting and trouble are [Fm] my middle name.
I was raised in the [Gb] cane break by an old mama lion, [Abm] can't go a higher tone woman make me
walk the [Ab] line, you load 16 [Fm] ton and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
[Ab] Oh brother, don't you [Bbm] call me cause I can't [Fm] go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
_ [Bbm] _ [Fm] _ [Fm] _ _
_ Well if you see me [C] coming better step aside, a lot of [Fm] men didn't, a lot of men died, one
fist [Bb] of iron, the other of [Fm] steel, if the right one don't get you then the left one will,
you load [Ab] 16 [Fm] ton and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in [Ab] debt.
Oh brother, don't [Bbm] you call me cause I can't go.
[N] I owe _ my soul _ to _ the company store. _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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