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Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival

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	Em	Acapella
		Some people say a man is made outta mud

	Em	C	B7
	A poor man's made outta	muscle and	blood

	Em	Am
	Muscle and blood and	skin and bones

	C7	Acapella	B7	Em
A		mind that's weak and a	back that's	strong

CHORUS:

	Em	C	B7
You load	sixteen tons,	what do you	get?

	Em	C	B7
A	nother day older and	deeper in	debt

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

	C7	Acapella	B7	Em
I	owe	my soul to the	company	store

	Em	C	B7
	I was born one mornin' when the	sun didn't	shine

	Em	C	B7
	I picked up my shovel and I	walked to the	mine

	Em	Am
I loaded	sixteen tons of	number nine coal

	C7	Acapella	B7	Em
And the		straw boss said "Well-a,	bless my	soul"

	Em	C	B7
	I was born one mornin', it was	drizzlin'	rain

	Em	C	B7
	Fightin' and trouble are	my middle	name

	Em	Am
I was	raised in the canebrake by an	ol' mama lion

	C7	Acapella	B7	Em
Cain't no-a		high-toned woman make me	walk the	line

Chorus

	Em	C	B7
	If you see me comin', better	step a	side

	Em	C	B7
A	lotta men didn't, a	lotta men	died

	Em	Am
	One fist of iron, the	other of steel

	C7	Acapella	B7	Em
If the		right one don't a-get you then the	left one	will.

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sixteen tons

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