Wondrous Love chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Some people say a man
is made out of mud.
A poor man's made out of
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muscle and   blood.
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Muscle and blood and skin and bones.
Am 
A mind that's weak 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,
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cause I   can't go
Am 
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
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Am 
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
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Am 
And the strawball said,
well, bless my soul
You load sixteen tons
E 
What do you get?
Am 
An  other day older
and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me
Dm 
cause I   can't go
Am 
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning,
it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in McCain,
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break by an old mama line
Am 
Can't no  high -toned woman
make me walk the line
You load 16 tons of water,
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you get another day older
And deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me,
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cause I  can't go
Dm 
Am 
I owe my soul to the company store
If you see me coming,
E 
better step aside
Am 
A lot of men didn't,
a lot of men died
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One fist of iron, the other of  steel
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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
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Am 
St. Peter, don't you call
Dm 
me cause I   can't go
Am 
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Am 
I owe my soul
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to the company store.