Intro: Am G F E (2x)
Verse 1
Am G F E
Some people say a man is made out of mud
Am G F E
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood...
Am C Dm F
Muscle and blood skin and bone
Am E Am E
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
Am G F E
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
Am G F E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Am C Dm F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
Am E Am
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 2
Am G F E
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
Am G F E
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Am C Dm F
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Am E Am
The strawboss said Well, Bless my soul!
Am G F E
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
Am G F E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Am C Dm F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
Am E Am
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 3
Am G F E
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
Am G F E
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
Am C Dm F
I was raised in the cane-break by an old mama lion
Am E Am
Can't no hot-coloured woman make me haunt the line
Am G F E
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get
Am G F E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Am C Dm F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I, I can't go
Am E Am
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 4
Bbm Ab F# F
If you see me coming better step a-side
Bbm Ab F# F
A lotta men didn't a lotta men died
Bbm C# Ebm F#
I got one fist of iron the other of steel
Bbm F Bbm
If the right one don't get ya then the left one will
Am G F E
You load up sixteen tons and whaddya get
Am G F E
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Am C Dm F
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
Am E Am
I owe my soul to the company store