Tom: F#m
[Primeira Parte]
F#m
Some people say man is made out of mud
F#m
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
F#m Bm
Muscle and blood and skin and bone
C# F#m
You've got a mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
[Refrão]
F#m C#
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
F#m C#
Another day older and deeper in debt
F#m Bm
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
F#m
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
F#m D C#
Saint Peter don't you call me to the company store
F#m Bm
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
Come on
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[Segunda Parte]
F#m E D C#
I was born on a mornin' when the sun didn't shine
F#m E D C#
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
F#m A Bm
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
F#m N.C
And the store-boss said "Well-a bless my soul"
[Refrão]
F#m E D C#
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
F#m E D C#
Another day older and deeper in debt
F#m A Bm
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
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[Terceira Parte]
F#m E D C#
I was born one mornin', in the drizzlin' rain
F#m E D C#
Fightin' and trouble have been my middle name
F#m A Bm
I was raised in the cane-brake by an old mama lion
C#m C#7
Cain't no a high-tone woman make me walk the line
[Refrão]
F#m E D C#
Yea, sixteen tons and what do you get?
F#m E D C#
Another day older and deeper in debt
F#m A Bm
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
F#m
I owe my soul to the company store
[Ponte]
F#m G#m
I own my soul
[Quarta Parte]
G#m D#
If you see me comin', better step aside
G#m F# E D#
A lot of men didn't a lot of men died
G#m B C#m
One fist of iron, and the other of steel
D#m D#7
If the left don't gotcha, then the right one will you load
[Refrão]
D#
Sixteen tons (what do you get?)
G#m F# E D#
Another day older and deeper in debt
G#m F# E D#
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
D# G#m
I owe my soul to the company store
G#m
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
G#m E D#
Saint Peter don't you call me to the company store
G#m B C#m D#
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
D# G#m
I owe my soul to the company-y, store
D# G#m
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
