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 /G F E Am /G F E Verse 1 ======= Am /G F E Some people say a man is made out of mud Am /G F E A poor man's made outta muscle and blood... Am C Dm F Muscle and blood skin and bone Am E Am E A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong Chorus 1 ======== Am /G F E You load sixteen tons and whaddya get? Am /G F E A-nother day older and deeper in debt Am C Dm F Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go Am E Am I owe my soul to the company store Verse 2 ======= Am /G F E I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine Am /G F E I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine Am C Dm F I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal Am E Am The strawboss said Well, Bless my soul! Chorus 2 ======== Am /G F E You load sixteen tons and whaddya get? Am /G F E A-nother day older and deeper in debt Am C Dm F Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go Am E Am I owe my soul to the company store Verse 3 ======= Am /G F E I was born one morning it was drizzling rain Am /G F E Fighting and trouble are my middle name Am C Dm F I was raised in the cane-break by an old mama lion Am E Am Can't no hot-coloured woman make me haunt the line Chorus 3 ======== Am /G F E You load sixteen tons and whaddya get Am /G F E A-nother day older and deeper in debt Am C Dm F Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I, I can't go Am E Am I owe my soul to the company store Verse 4 - key change! ===================== Bbm /Ab F# F If you see me coming better step a-side Bbm /Ab F# F A lotta men didn't a lotta men died Bbm C# Ebm F# I got one fist of iron the other of steel Bbm F Bbm If the right one don't get ya then the left one will Chorus 4 ======== Am /G F E You load up sixteen tons and whaddya get Am /G F E A-nother day older and deeper in debt Am C Dm F Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go Am E Am I owe my soul to the company store ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England May 2011 watfordkev@gmail.com
