Sixteen Tons Chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

[Bm] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ _ _ _
Some people say a man is made out of mud.
A [Bm] poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
Muscle and [C] blood and [B] skin and bones.
A mind that's weak and a back that's [Gb] strong.
You load sixteen tons, [D] what do you get?
Another day [Abm] older and dead.
[B] Saint Peter, don't you [G] call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the [B] company store.
_ _ _ _ _ I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up my shovel and I [Gb] walked to the [B] mine.
I loaded sixteen tons, a number nine coal.
And the straw boss said, well, bless my soul, you load sixteen [Abm] tons.
[Bb] What do you get?
[Gbm] Another day [Abm] older and [B] deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't you call [G] me cause I can't go.
I owe [Bm] my soul to the company store.
[B] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ _ _ I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.
Fighting and trouble are my middle name.
I was raised in McCain, [Cm] break by an [Am] old mama line.
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line.
You load sixteen [Gb] tons, what do you [B] get?
Another day [Ab] older and [Bm] deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't you [Em] call me cause I can't [Bm] go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
If you see me coming, better step aside.
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died.
One fist of iron, the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.
You load [D] sixteen [Bm] tons, what do you [Gbm] get?
Another [Bm] day older and [Gb] deeper in [Bm] debt.
Saint Peter, don't [Em] you call me cause I can't go. _
I owe _ _ my soul _ to _ the company [Bm] store.
_ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _