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Sixteen Tons original guitar chords by 
Tennessee Ernie Ford 
Key: B minor•BPM: 142
Intro 1
Bm
F#7
Bm
Bm
Verse 1
Some people say a man is made outta mud
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Bm
Bm/A
Em/G
Em
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
Bm
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
Chorus 1
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
Another day older and deeper in debt
Bm
Bm/A
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause
Em/G
Em
I can't go
Bm
I owe my soul to the company store
Interlude 1
Bm
F#7
Bm
Bm
Verse 2
I was born one mornin'
when the sun didn't shine
Bm
Bm/A
I picked up my shovel
E/G#
F#7
and I walked to the mine
Bm
Bm/A
Em/G
Em
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Bm
And the straw boss said
"Well, a-bless my soul"
Chorus 2
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
Another day older and deeper in debt
Bm
Bm/A
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause
Em/G
Em
I can't go
Bm
I owe my soul to the company store
Interlude 2
Bm
F#7
Bm
Bm
Verse 3
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Bm
Bm/A
I was raised in the canebrake
Em/G
Em
by an ol' mama lion
Bm
Can't no-a high-toned woman
make me walk the line
Chorus 3
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
Another day older and deeper in debt
Bm
Bm/A
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause
Em/G
Em
I can't go
Bm
I owe my soul to the company store
Interlude 3
Bm
F#7
Bm
Bm
Bm
Verse 4
If you see me comin', better step aside
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
Bm
Bm/A
Em/G
Em
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Bm
If the right one don't a-get you,
then the left one will
Chorus 4
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Bm
Bm/A
E/G#
F#7
Another day older and deeper in debt
Bm
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause
Em
I can't go
Bm
F#7
Bm
I owe my soul to the company store
Outro 1
Bm
F#7
Bm
Bm
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