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sixteen tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford



 EmAcapella
  Some people say a man is made outta mud
 EmCB7
 A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
 EmAm
 Muscle and blood and  skin and bones
 C7AcapellaB7Em
 mind that's weak and a back that's  strong

CHORUS:
 EmCB7
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
 EmCB7
Another day older and deeper in debt
 EmAm
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause  I can't go
 C7AcapellaB7Em
owe my soul to the company  store

 EmCB7
 I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
 EmCB7
  I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
 EmAm
I loaded sixteen tons of  number nine coal
 C7AcapellaB7Em
And the   straw boss said "Well-a, bless my soul"

 EmCB7
 I was born one   mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
 EmCB7
 Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
 EmAm
I was raised in the canebrake by an   ol' mama lion
 C7AcapellaB7Em
Cain't no-a   high-toned woman make me walk the  line

Chorus

 EmCB7
  If you see me comin', better     step aside
 EmCB7
lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
 EmAm
 One fist of iron, the  other of steel
 C7AcapellaB7Em
If the   right one don't a-get you then the left one  will.

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