Some [Am]people say a man is [F]made outta [E]mud
A [Am]poor man's [G]made outta [F]muscle 'n [E]blood...
[Am]Muscle an' [G]blood an' [Dm]skin an' bone
A [Am]mind that's weak and a [E]back that's [Am]strong
[Am]You load sixteen [G]tons an' [F]whaddya [E]get?
[Am]Another day [G]older an' [F]deeper in [E]debt
Saint [Am]Peter doncha [G]call me 'cause [Dm]I can't go
[Am]I owe my soul to the [E]company [Am]store
[Am]I was born one [G]mornin' when the [F]sun didn't [E]shine
[Am]Picked up my [G]shovel and I [F]walked to the [E]mine
[Am]Loaded sixteen [G]tons of [Dm]number nine coal
And the [Am]strawboss said, "Well, [E]bless my [Am]soul!"
[Am]You load sixteen [G]tons an' [F]whaddya [E]get?
[Am]Another day [G]older an' [F]deeper in [E]debt
Saint [Am]Peter doncha [G]call me 'cause [Dm]I can't go
[Am]I owe my soul to the [E]company [Am]store
[Am]I was born one [G]morning in the [F]drizzlin' [E]rain
[Am]Fightin' and [G]trouble are [F]my middle [E]name
[Am]I was [G]raised in the canebreak by an' [Dm]ol' mama lion
Ain't no [Am]high-tone woman make me [E]walk the [Am]line.
[Am]You load sixteen [G]tons an' [F]whaddya [E]get?
[Am]Another day [G]older an' [F]deeper in [E]debt
Saint [Am]Peter doncha [G]call me 'cause [Dm]I can't go
[Am]I owe my soul to the [E]company [Am]store
[Am]If ya see me [G]comin' better [F]step [E]aside
[Am]A lotta men [G]didn't, a [F]lotta men [E]died
[Am]With one fist of iron, the [Dm]other of steel
If the [Am]right one don' getcha then the [E]left one [Am]will.
[Am]You load sixteen [G]tons an' [F]whaddya [E]get?
[Am]Another day [G]older an' [F]deeper in [E]debt
Saint [Am]Peter doncha [G]call me 'cause [Dm]I can't go
[Am]I owe my soul to the [E]company [Am]store
