Published: 2011-04-06 21:05 Selection chords: Henry Walker
Tonality
EmDCB7
Some people say manʼs made out mud,
EmDCB7
Well, a good manʼs made out of muscle and blood
EmGA
Muscle and blood, and skin and bones,
B7
And mind thatʼs weak and the back thatʼs strong.
Chorus:
EmD
You load 16 tons,
CB7
And what do you get?
EmD
Another day older,
CB7
And deeper in debt.
EmG
Saint Peter, donʼt you call me,
A
Cause I canʼt go,
EmB7Em
I owe my soul to the company store!
EmDCB7
I was born one morning when sun didnʼt shine,
EmDCB7
I picked up my shovel and I went to the mine,
EmGA
Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal,
B7
And the straw boss said: "Well, bless my soul!"
Chorus:
EmD
You load 16 tons,
CB7
And what do you get?
EmD
Another day older,
CB7
And deeper in debt.
EmG
Saint Peter, donʼt you call me,
A
Cause I canʼt go,
EmB7Em
I owe my soul to the company store!
EmDCB7
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain,
EmDCB7
Fighting and Trouble ʼs my middle name,
EmGA
I was raised down the Canebrake by an old mountain mine,
B7
And there ainʼt no hard hearted women make me walk that line!
Chorus:
EmD
You load 16 tons,
CB7
And what do you get?
EmD
Another day older,
CB7
And deeper in debt.
EmG
Saint Peter, donʼt you call me,
A
Cause I canʼt go,
EmB7Em
I owe my soul to the company store!
EmDCB7
If you see me coming, you better step aside,
EmDCB7
A lot of men didnʼt and a lot of men died.
EmGA
My one fist is iron, the other oneʼs steel,
B7
And if the left donʼt getcha, then the right one will.
Chorus:
EmD
You load 16 tons,
CB7
And what do you get?
EmD
Another day older,
CB7
And deeper in debt.
EmG
Saint Peter, donʼt you call me,
A
Cause I canʼt go,
EmB7Em
I owe my soul to the company store