Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen tons

Some ^Empeople say a man is made out of mud A poor man's made out of muscle and blood Muscle and blood and ^Amskin and bones A ^Emmind that's weak and a back that's strong

^EmYou load sixteen tons what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause ^AmI can't go I ^Emowe my soul to the company store ^{Em B Em}

^EmI 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 n^Amumber nine coal And the s^Emtraw boss said well a bless my soul

^EmYou load sixteen tons what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause ^AmI can't go ^EmI owe my soul to the company store ^{Em B Em}

^EmI was born one morning it was drizzling rain Fighting and trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebreak by an ^Amold mama lion Ain't no ^Emhigh tone woman make me walk the line

^EmYou load sixteen tons what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause^Am I can't go I ^Emowe my soul to the company store ^{Em B Em}

^EmIf you see me coming better step aside A lot of men didn't a lot of men died One fist of iron the ^Amother of steel If the ^Emright one don't get you then the left one will

^EmYou load sixteen tons what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause ^AmI can't go ^EmI owe my soul to the company store ^{Em B Em}