Note to play in the same key as the recording you have to drop a whole tone down... DGCFAD

The chords are relative to that open position, so Am is played X03320, although it 
is actually a Gm

Intro
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Am (x02210@1)/G  F (133211@1)E (022100@1)Am (x02210@1)/G  F (133211@1)E (022100@1)Verse 1
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Am (x02210@1)         /G     F (133211@1)         ESome (022100@1)people say a man is made out of mud
  Am (x02210@1)       /G         F (133211@1)        EA (022100@1)poor man's made outta muscle and blood...
Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)     FMuscle (133211@1)and blood skin and bone
  Am (x02210@1)                     E (022100@1)         Am (x02210@1)   EA (022100@1)mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

Chorus 1
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Am (x02210@1)    /G       F (133211@1)      E (022100@1)You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
  Am (x02210@1)       /G        F (133211@1)        EA-nother (022100@1)day older and deeper in debt
      Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)    FSaint (133211@1)Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
  Am (x02210@1)               E (022100@1)     AmI (x02210@1)owe my soul to the company store

Verse 2
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Am (x02210@1)     /G               F (133211@1)          EI (022100@1)was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
  Am (x02210@1)         /G           F (133211@1)           EI (022100@1)picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
         Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)        FI (133211@1)loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
    Am (x02210@1)                 E (022100@1)      AmThe (x02210@1)strawboss said Well, Bless my soul!

Chorus 2
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Am (x02210@1)    /G       F (133211@1)      EYou (022100@1)load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
  Am (x02210@1)       /G        F (133211@1)        EA-nother (022100@1)day older and deeper in debt
      Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)    FSaint (133211@1)Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
  Am (x02210@1)               E (022100@1)     AmI (x02210@1)owe my soul to the company store

Verse 3
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Am (x02210@1)     /G             F (133211@1)       EI (022100@1)was born one morning it was drizzling rain
Am (x02210@1)         /G          F (133211@1)       EFighting (022100@1)and trouble are my middle name
      Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)     FI (133211@1)was raised in the cane-break by an old mama lion
         Am (x02210@1)                       E (022100@1)      AmCan't (x02210@1)no hot-coloured woman make me haunt the line

Chorus 3
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Am (x02210@1)    /G       F (133211@1)      EYou (022100@1)load sixteen tons and whaddya get
  Am (x02210@1)       /G        F (133211@1)        EA-nother (022100@1)day older and deeper in debt
      Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)       FSaint (133211@1)Peter dontcha call me 'cause I, I can't go
  Am (x02210@1)               E (022100@1)     AmI (x02210@1)owe my soul to the company store

Verse 4 - key change!
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Bbm (x13321@1)  /Ab           F# (244322@1)   FIf (133211@1)you see me coming better step a-side
  Bbm (x13321@1)     /Ab      F# (244322@1)      FA (133211@1)lotta men didn't a lotta men died
      Bbm (x13321@1)       C# (x43121@1)     Ebm (xx4342@1)    F#I (244322@1)got one fist of iron the other of steel
       Bbm (x13321@1)                           F (133211@1)      BbmIf (x13321@1)the right one don't get ya then the left one will

Chorus 4
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Am (x02210@1)    /G       F (133211@1)      EYou (022100@1)load up sixteen tons and whaddya get
  Am (x02210@1)       /G        F (133211@1)        EA-nother (022100@1)day older and deeper in debt
      Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)    F (133211@1) 
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
  Am (x02210@1)               E (022100@1)     AmI (x02210@1)owe my soul to the company store

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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
May 2011

watfordkev@gmail.com