16 Tons Chords by The Dandy Warhols

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I [C] was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up my shovel and walked to the mine.
I lowered sixteen [F] pounds.
The aluminum coal [Gb] in [E] the saw bar said,
[Ab] Well, bless my [Cm] soul, you lowered sixteen pounds.
What [C] do you get?
Another day of old gripping deeper in debt.
Listen, Peter, don't you call [Bb] me cause I can't go.
[N] I sold my soul to the [Cm] company store. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ See me come to bed, step [Bb] aside.
[C] A lot of men hit it, a lot of men died.
I got one [Fm] fist of iron, [Bb] a pillar of steel.
And [Gb] if you buy one, don't get your [D] family.
I walked in with a [C] load of sixteen tons.
What do you get?
Another day of old gripping deeper in debt.
Listen, Peter, don't you [F] call me cause I can't go.
[G] I sold my soul to [C] the company _ [Cm] store.
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_ Some people say man is made out of mud.
But poor [F] man's made [C] out of muscle and blood.
Muscle and [F] blood and skin and bones.
[E] A line [A] fat and weak and a [C] back that's strong.
Over [Cm] sixteen pounds.
What do [Gm] you get?
[C] Another day of old gripping deeper in debt.
Listen, Peter, don't you [F] call me cause I can't go.
[D] I sold my soul [Gbm] to the company [C] store.
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _