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Sixteen Tons chords by
Eddy Arnold
Eddy Arnold

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Intro 1
A
D


Verse 1
D

Some people say a

man is made out of mud.

A poor man's made out of

muscle and blood.
G

Muscle and blood and skin and bones.
D

With a mind that's weak
A
D

and a back that's strong,

you load sixteen tons.

What do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt.

St. Peter, don't you call me,
G

cause I can't go
D
A
D

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

walked to the mine
G

Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
D
F
A

And the straw boss says, well, bless my soul
D

You load sixteen tons

What do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt

St. Peter, don't you call
G

me cause I can't go
D
A
D

I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one morning,

it was drizzlin' rain

Fightin' and trouble of

my middle name

Raisin' a cane break by
G

an old mama lyin'
D

Ain't no high -toned woman
A

make me walk the line
D

and you load 16 tons,

what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt.
A

St. Peter, don't you call me,
D
G
Gm

cause I can't go.
Dm
D
A
D

I owe my soul to the company store.
A
D

If you see me coming,

better step aside.

A lot of men didn't.

A lot of men died.
A
G
Gm

One fist of iron, the other of steel.
G
D
A

If the right one don't get you,

then the left one will.
D

You load 16 tons.

What do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt.

St. Peter, don't you call me,
Gm

cause I can't go.
D
D
A

I owe my soul to the
D

company store.


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  • G

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  • Gm

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