Sixteen Tons Johnny Cash
SIXTEEN TONS
JOHNNY CASH
Some [Am]people say a man is made outta mud.
A [Am]poor man's made outta muscle and blood.
[Am]Muscle and blood, and [Dm]skin and bone,
F#7-stop Am-stop
A mind that's weak, and a back that's strong.
CHORUS:
You load [Am]sixteen tons, what do you get?
A[Am]nother day older, and deeper in debt.
Saint [Am]Peter don't you call me 'cause [Dm]I can't go,
I [F#7]owe my soul to the [Am]company store.
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 a-bless my soul". Chorus
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain.
Fighting and trouble are my middle name.
I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion.
Ain't no high toned woman make me walk the line. Chorus
If you ever see me coming better step aside.
A lotta men didn't and a lotta men died.
One fist of iron the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you then the left one will.
Chorus
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