Key: C minor•
Intro 1
Cm
Verse 1
Cm
Eb
Some people say
Ab
Cm
F#
B
muscle and blood
Cm
Bb
F
Muscle and blood, and skin and bones
Cm
B
And mind that's weak and
the back that's strong
Verse 2
Cm
Bb
G
And what do you get?
Cm
Bb
Another day older
G
Cm
Bb
Saint Peter, don't you call me
G
F
Cause I can't go
Cm
Eb
Cm
I owe my soul to the company stor
Verse 3
Cm
Eb
Cm
I was born one morning
Cm
Bb
I picked up my shovel and
Bb
G
Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal
Bb
Cm
Eb
And the straw boss said Well,
Verse 4
Cm
Bb
16 tons
Cm
Bb
Another day older
Baug
Eb
Cm
I owe my soul to the company store
Interlude 1
Cm
Verse 5
Cm
Bb
G
B
G
Fighting and Trouble 's my middle name
B
Cm
I was raised down the Canebrake
by an old mountain mine
Verse 6
Cm
Bb
16 tons
Ab
G
Baug
And what do you get?
Cm
Bb
Another day older
Cm
Bb
Saint Peter, don't you call me
G
Abm
Cause I can't go
Cm
G
Cm
Eb
Cm
I owe my soul to the company store
Interlude 2
Cm
Verse 7
F
Cm
Eb
Cm
If you see me coming,
F#
Cm
you better step aside
Bb
Cm
G
A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died
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Bb
Cm
Bb
My one fist is iron, the other one's steel
then the right one will
Verse 8
Cm
Bb
16 tons,
Ab
Cm
And what do you get?
And deeper in debt
Cm
Bb
Saint Peter, don't you call me
F
Cm
Cause I can't go
Cm
Bb
Cm
I own my soul
To the company store
Eb
Cm
C
Cm
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsCm Eb Bb Ab F#...
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