Sixteen Tons chords by 
Buck OwensTennessee Ernie Ford 
N/A
Key: B minor•
Verse 1
Bm
Some people say a
man is made out of mud.
A poor man's made out of
G#m
muscle and blood.
Bm
Em
E
Muscle and blood and skin and bones.
Bm
A mind that's weak and a
back that's strong.
You load sixteen tons,
what do you get?
G#m
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Bm
St. Peter, don't you call me
Em
G
cause I can't go,
Bm
I owe my soul to the company store.
I was born one morning
when the sun didn't shine,
I picked up my shovel and I
F#
walked to the mine,
Bm
I loaded sixteen tons,
E
Bm
a number nine coal and a straw ball said,
well to bless my soul
you load 16 tons what do you get
F#
Bm
an other day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don't you call me
Em
cause I can't go
Bm
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning
it was drizzling rain fighting
and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in McCain,
Em
break by an old mama line
E
Bm
Can't no high -toned woman
make me walk the line
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
F#
Bm
An other day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me,
G
cause I can't go
Em
Bm
I owe my soul to the company store
F#
If you see me coming, better step aside
Bm
A lot of men didn't,
a lot of men died
G
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Em
E
Bm
If the right one don't get you,
then the left one will
You load sixteen tons,
what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
F#
Bm
Saint Peter, don't you call me
Em
Cause I can't go
Bm
Bm
Bm
I owe my soul
Bm
To the company store
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBm G#m Em E G...
Bm
G#m
Em
E
G
F#
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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