Key: F minor
Intro 1
Em
C
B
Em
C
Verse 1
B
Em
Some people
Em
C
B
Some people says of muscle and blood
Em
Am
Muscle and blood and skin and bone,
B
Em
a back that's strong
B
Em
You load sixteen tons,
C
B
so what do you get,
Em
C
Another day older and deeper in debt
B
Em
So, St. Peter don't you call
D
C
B
Em
store
C
B
Em
I was born one morning when
Em
D
C
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
B
Em
I loaded sixteen ton of
"God- dog your soul"
D
C
You load sixteen tons and,
Em
D
C
Another day older and deeper in debt
B
Em
So, St. Peter don't you call
Em
B
I owe my soul to the company
Em
D
Em
C
B
Em
store
C
B
Em
I was born one mornin' when it
Verse 2
Em
C
Fightin' and shootin' is my middle name
B
Em
Born in a canebreak
Em
C
B
I load sixteen tons, so what do you get,
Em
D
C
Another day older and deeper in debt
B
Em
So, St. Peter don't you call
Em
B
Em
D
I owe my soul to the company store
Em
C
B
Em
D
Em
C
Em
You see me comin'
Em
D
Em
A lot of men didn't and
B
Em
Am
One fist of iron and one of steal,
Em
C
B
So, load sixteen ton, what do you get,
Em
D
Em
C
Another day older and deeper in debt
B
Em
So, St. Peter don't you call
Outro 1
D
C
B
Em
D
Em
C
B
Em
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