Sixteens Tons Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

Am G F E x2 Am D

AmSome people sGay man is mFade out of Emud

AmA poor man's Gmade out ofF muscle andE blood

AmMuscle and blood; sDkin and bones

DA mind that's weak and a back that's strong

ixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

Riff

I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine

I Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine

I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal

And the straw-boss said, "Well, bless my soul"

sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

riff + solo

I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name

I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion

Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

riff + solo

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 sixteen tons, what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the company store

Riff