16 Tons (Take 10 breakdown + Take 11 master) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]One, two, three, four,

[Interlude 1]
one.
[Em][C][B][Em][C][B]

[Verse 2]
[Em]Some people say a man is made out of mud
[B]A poo[Em]r man's made out
of [C]muscle and blood
[B]Mus[Em]cle and blood and ski[Am]n and bone
A [Em]mind that's weak and a
[B]back [Em]that's strong
You load sixteen tons and
[C]what do you get?
[B]Another [Em]day older and deep[C]er in depth
[B]St.[Em] Peter, don't you call
me cause [Am]I can't go
I [Em]owe my soul to the c[B]ompany
[Em]store[C][B][Em]
[C]
[B]I was born o[Em]ne morning
[B]when the sun didn't shine
I [Em]picked up my shovel and
I [C]walked to the mine
[B]And I load six[Em]teen tons of
num[Am]ber nine coal
And the [Em]store boss said, well, bless my soul
[B]You load six[Em]teen tons,
and [C]what do you [B]get?
An[Em]other day older and [C]deeper in debt
[B]Saint [Em]Peter, don't you call
me cause [Am]I can't go
I [Em]owe my soul [B]to the company s[Em]tore
I [C]was[B][Em][C][B]
born one
[Em]morning it was drizzling rain
[B]fighting[Em] and trouble is [C]my middle name
[B]I was rai[Em]sed in a cane break
by [Am]an old mama line
can[Em]'t no one woman
make [B]me walk the [Em]line.
load 16 tons [C]and what do you [B]get?
[Em]Deeper than [C]death.
Ah, [B]hold [Em]it!
I'm sorry, fellas.
One, two, three, four,
[C]one.[B][Em]
[C][B]
[Em]Some people say a man is
made out [B]of mud,
[Em]a poor man's made out
[C]of muscle and [B]blood,
[Em]muscle and blood and [Am]skin and bone,
a [Em]mind that's weak and
a [B]back [Em]that's strong.
[B]You loa[Em]d 16 tons, and wha[C]t do you get[B]?
An[Em]other day older and [C]deeper in debt.
[B]Saint Pet[Em]er, don't you call me,
cause [Am]I can't go.
I [Em]owe my soul to the company
[C]store.[B][Em]
[C]
[B]I was b[Em]orn one morning
when the sun did[B]n't shine.
I [Em]picked up my [D]shovel an
[C]d I walked to the mine.
[B]I load 16 [Em]tons of number n[Am]ine coal
and this [Em]straw ball said well bless my soul
[B]you loa[Em]d 16 ton and[C] what do you get[B]?
An[Em]other day [D]older [C]and deeper in debt
[B]St. Pet[Em]er don't you call
me cause [Am]I can't go
I [Em]owe my soul to the c[B]ompany s[Em]tore
I [C]was[B][Em][C][B]
born one morn[Em]ing,
it was drizzlin' [B]rain
[Em]Fightin' and trouble is [C]my middle name
[B]I was rai[Em]sed in a cane break
by an [Am]old mama line
Can't [Em]no one woman
[B]make me walk the line
You [Em]load sixteen tons,
and [C]what do you [B]get?
An[Em]other day older
[D]and[C] deeper in debt
[B]Saint [Em]Peter, don't you call me
Cause [Am]I can't go,
I [Em]owe my soul to the c[B]ompany store
[Em][C][B][Em][D][Em][C]
[Em]If y[B]ou s[Em]ee me coming,
[Em]better step aside
[B]A lot[Em] of men did[D]n't
[Em]and a [C]lot of men died
[B]One fis[Em]t of iron and the oth[Am]er steel
If the [Em]right don't get you,
then the [B]other one will
You [Em]load sixteen tons,
an[C]d what do you get?
[B]Another [Em]day older
and [C]deeper in debt
[B]Saint Pet[Em]er, don't you call me
cause [Am]I can't go
I [Em]owe my soul to the c[B]ompany
[Em]store[D][C]
[B]I o[Em]we my s[D]oul to the c[C]ompany s[Em]tore