Johnny Cash - Sixteen tons: chords

 Am                       F          E
Some people say a man is made outta mud
 Am                      F           E
A poor man's made outta muscle an' blood
Am                     F       Dm
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
Am                        G            Am
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

Chorus:
Am                          F         E
You load sixteen tons an' what do ya get?
Am                     F         E
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Am                                  F       Dm
Saint Peter don't ya call me 'cause I can't go
Am                    E       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
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"

Chorus:
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
Raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion
Can't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line

Chorus:
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me coming, better step aside
A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died
The one fist of iron and the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will

Chorus:
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store