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{Dm A7 Gm } Some people say a man is made outta mud. A poor man’s made outta muscle and blood. Muscle and blood and skin and bones. A mind that’s a-weak and a back that’s strong
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You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter, don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go; I owe my soul to the company store.
I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine, I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine. I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal, and the straw boss said, “Well, a-bless my soul”
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I was born one mornin’, it was drizzlin’ rain. Fightin’ and trouble are my middle name. I was raised in the canebrake by an ol’ mama lion. Can’t no high toned woman make me walk the line
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If you see me comin’, better step aside. A lotta men didn’t, a lotta men died. One fist of iron, the other of steel; If the right one don’t get you, then the left one will
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[Intro] Riff, relative to capo (Dm) e|-5-------------------------------------------------| B|------5--------------------------------------------| G|-----------5----2---------1----2-------------------| D|---------------------2--4--------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| [Verse 1] N.C. Some people say a man is made outta mud Dm C G/B A A poor man's made outta muscle an' blood... Dm C A# A Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone Dm N.C. A mind that's weak and a back that's strong [Chorus] Dm C G/B A You load sixteen tons, whaddya get? Dm C G/B A Another day older an' deeper in debt Dm C A# A Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go Dm N.C. I owe my soul to the company sto' (Repeat riff) [Verse 2] N.C. I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine Dm C G/B A I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine Dm C A# A I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal Dm N.C. And the straw boss said, "Well, bless my soul [Chorus] Dm C G/B A You load sixteen tons, whaddya get? Dm C G/B A Another day older an' deeper in debt Dm C A# A Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go Dm N.C. I owe my soul to the company sto' (Repeat riff) [Verse 3] N.C. I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain Dm C G/B A Fightin' and trouble are my middle name Dm C A# A I was raised in the cane brake by an' ol' mama lion Dm N.C. Cain't no high-tone woman make me walk the line [Chorus] Dm C G/B A You load sixteen tons, whaddya get? Dm C G/B A Another day older an' deeper in debt Dm C A# A Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go Dm N.C. I owe my soul to the company sto' (Repeat riff) [Verse 4] N.C. If ya see me comin' better step aside Dm C G/B A A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died Dm C A# A One fist of iron, the other of steel Dm N.C. If the right one don' get you then the left one will [Chorus] Dm C G/B A You load sixteen tons, whaddya get? Dm C G/B A Another day older an' deeper in debt Dm Dm/A Gm Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go N.C. I owe my soul to the company sto' (Repeat riff) Dm
