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Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2 
            [Verse 1]
         Em     Em7         C7          B7
Now some people say a man's made out of mud
      Em         Em7        C7         B7
But a poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Em                Am
Muscle and blood, skin and bones
  Em                     B7          Em
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong


[Chorus]
         Em      Em7       C7          B7
You load sixteen tons, and what do you get?
        Em          Em7       C7        B7
You get another day older and deeper in debt
      Em                               Am
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
  Em                 B7      Em
I owe my soul to the company store


[Verse 2]
      Em       Em7              C7         B7
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
  Em           Em7          C7            B7
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mines
         Em              Am
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
        Em                     B7       Em
And the straw boss said "Well, bless my soul!"


[Chorus]
         Em      Em7       C7          B7
You load sixteen tons, and what do you get?
        Em          Em7       C7        B7
You get another day older and deeper in debt
      Em                               Am
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
  Em                 B7      Em
I owe my soul to the company store


[Verse 3]
       Em     Em7           C7         B7
If you see me comin', better step aside
  Em        Em7           C7            B7
A lotta men didn't, and a lotta men died
Em                        Am
One fist of iron, and the other one of steel
       Em                              B7        Em
If the right one don't get you then the left one will


[Chorus]
         Em      Em7       C7          B7
You load sixteen tons, and what do you get?
        Em          Em7       C7        B7
You get another day older and deeper in debt
      Em                               Am
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
  Em                 B7      Em
I owe my soul to the company store

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