Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made out of
muscle and blood
back that's strong
You load sixteen tons
and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
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St. Peter,
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I owe my soul to the company
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store
when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and
I walked to the mine
And I loaded sixteen tons
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And a straw ball said, will it bless my soul
To load sixteen tons,
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and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call
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company store
I was born one mornin' it
was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble on
my middle name
Raised in a cane break by
make me walk the line
You load sixteen tons
and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
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St. Peter don't you call
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store
If you see me coming better step aside,
a lot of men didn't
and a lot of men died
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With one fist of iron and the other of steel
then the left one will
You've owed sixteen times,
and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me,
Am
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Am
I owe my soul to the company store
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