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 ===== Am (x02210@1)/G F (133211@1)E (022100@1)Am (x02210@1)/G F (133211@1)E (022100@1)Verse 1 ======= 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 ======== 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 ======= 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 ======== 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 ======= 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 ======== 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! ===================== 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 ======== 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 ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England May 2011 watfordkev@gmail.com