Intro ===== A5 /G5 F5 E5 A5 /G5 F5 E5 Verse 1 ======= A5 /G5 F5 E5 Some people say a man is made out of mud A5 /G5 F5 E5 A poor man's made outta muscle and blood... A5 C5 D5 F5 Muscle and blood skin and bone A5 E5 A5 E5 A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong Chorus 1 ======== A5 /G5 F5 E5 You load sixteen tons and whaddya get? A5 /G5 F5 E5 A-nother day older and deeper in debt A5 C5 D5 F5 Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go A5 E5 A5 I owe my soul to the company store Verse 2 ======= A5 /G5 F5 E5 I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine A5 /G5 F5 E5 I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine A5 C5 D5 F5 I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal A5 E5 A5 The strawboss said Well, Bless my soul! Chorus 2 ======== A5 /G5 F5 E5 You load sixteen tons and whaddya get? A5 /G5 F5 E5 A-nother day older and deeper in debt A5 C5 D5 F5 Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go A5 E5 A5 I owe my soul to the company store Verse 3 ======= A5 /G5 F5 E5 I was born one morning it was drizzling rain A5 /G5 F5 E5 Fighting and trouble are my middle name A5 C5 D5 F5 I was raised in the cane-break by an old mama lion A5 E5 A5 Can't no hot-coloured woman make me haunt the line Chorus 3 ======== A5 /G5 F5 E5 You load sixteen tons and whaddya get A5 /G5 F5 E5 A-nother day older and deeper in debt A5 C5 D5 F5 Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I, I can't go A5 E5 A5 I owe my soul to the company store Verse 4 - key change! ===================== Bb5 /Ab5 F#5 F5 If you see me coming better step a-side Bb5 /Ab5 F#5 F5 A lotta men didn't a lotta men died Bb5 C#5 Eb5 F#5 I got one fist of iron the other of steel Bb5 F5 Bb5 If the right one don't get ya then the left one will Chorus 4 ======== A5 /G5 F5 E5 You load up sixteen tons and whaddya get A5 /G5 F5 E5 A-nother day older and deeper in debt A5 C5 D5 F5 Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go A5 E5 A5 I owe my soul to the company store