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Key : Bm
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[Intro]
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Bm

[Verse 1]
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     Bm           A      E           F#
Some people say a man is made out of mud
  Bm              A      E            F#
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood
Bm         A         G             F#
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
  Bm
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

[Chorus (1)]
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         Bm      A     E            F#
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Bm         A         E          F#
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Bm              A               G         F#
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
  Bm
I owe my soul to the company store

[Verse 2]
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Bm  Bm               A            E            F#
  I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
  Bm           A            E              F#
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
  Bm             A       G              F#
I loaded sixteen tons of numbernine coal
        Bm
And the straw boss said, "Wella bless my soul!"



[Verse 3]
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Bm  Bm               A       E              F#
  I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain
Bm           A           E           F#
Fightin' and trouble are my  middle name
      Bm            A
I was raised in the cane
         G               F#
Break by an old mama lion
      Bm
Can't no hightoned woman make me walk the line



[Verse 4]
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Bm   Bm         A             E      F#
  If you see me comin' better step aside
  Bm         A         E           F#
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died
Bm          A         G             F#
One fist of iron, the other of steel
       Bm
If the right one don't getcha then the left one will

[Chorus (2)]
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         Bm      A     E            F#
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
 Bm         A         E          F#
Another day older and deeper in debt
      Bm              A               G
Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
  Bm
I owe my soul to the company store

[Outro]
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Bm
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