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	Am	Dm	E
	Some people say a man's	made out of	mud

	Am	Dm	E
but a	poor man's made out of	muscle and	blood

	Am	Dm
	Muscle and blood,	skin and bones,

	Am	E	E7
a	mind that's weak and a	back that's	strong

	Am	Am/G	Am/F	E
You load	sixteen	tons and	whaddya	get,

	Am	Am/G	Am/F	E
a	nother day	older and	deeper in	debt

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

	Am	E	Am
I	owe my soul to the	company	store

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

picked up my shovel and walked to the mine

I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal;

the straw boss said "well, damn my soul."

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I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.

Fightin' and trouble are my middle name.

I was raised in a cane break by that ol' mom of mine,

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

Refrain

If you see me comin' you better step aside;

another man didn't and another man died.

I've got one fist of iron and another of steel,

if the left one don't get you, well, the right one will

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Sixteen Tons

performed by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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