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Intro:  C  G   Am        C  G   Am                 

C G    Am                Dm 
Some people say man is made out of mud 
  Am                     E 
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood 
Am                   Dm 
Muscle and blood and skin and bone 
  Am                       E 
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong 

 
         Am               Dm 
You load sixteen tons and what do you get 
    Am                  E 
An- other day older and deeper in debt 
      Am                             Dm 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
  E 
I owe my soul to the company store 
                             Am 
 Owe my soul, owe my soul to company store  
C      G           Am            C G 
Owe my soul to the company store 

            Am                        Dm 
Well, I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine 
         Am                 E 
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine 
         Am              Dm 
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal 
        Am                     E 
And the store-boss said, "Son, bless my soul" 

 
         Am               Dm 
You load sixteen tons and what do you get 
    Am                  E 
An- other day older and deeper in debt 
      Am                             Dm 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
  E 
I owe my soul to the company store, owe my soul, owe my soul 

Solo:  Am  Dm   Am  E   Am  Dm   E Am    Am  

      Am                       Dm 
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain 
Am                          E 
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name 
      Am                    Dm 
I was raised in the wood by mama lion 
      Am                      E 
No, a high-tone woman make me walk the line 

 
         Am               Dm 
You load sixteen tons and what do you get 
    Am                  E 
An- other day older and deeper in debt 
      Am                             Dm 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
  E 
I owe my soul to the company store 
                            Am            C G 
Owe my soul, owe my soul to company store 
       Am            C G 
To the company store 

       Am                    Dm 
If you see me comin', better step aside 
  Am                      E 
A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died 
Am                    Dm 
One fist of iron, the other of steel 
       Am              G       E 
If the right one don't git ya, son, then left one will 

 
         Am               Dm 
You load sixteen tons and what do you get 
    Am                  E 
An- other day older and deeper in debt 
      Am                             Dm 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
  E 
I owe my soul to the company store 

E                         Am 
Owe my soul, owe my soul, owe my soul  --- oh 
Am               Dm             Am                   Dm 
Sixteen tons,  I owe my soul,   sixteen tons  to the company store 
Am               Dm             Am                   Dm 
Sixteen tons,  I owe my soul,   sixteen tons  to the company store