Sixteen TonsCifra de Viola

Intro:  C  G   Am        C  G   Am                  

C G    Am                Dm  
Some people say man is made out of mud  
  Am                     E  
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood  
Am                   Dm  
Muscle and blood and skin and bone  
  Am                       E  
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong  

  
         Am               Dm  
You load sixteen tons and what do you get  
    Am                  E  
An- other day older and deeper in debt  
      Am                             Dm  
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go  
  E  
I owe my soul to the company store  
                             Am  
 Owe my soul, owe my soul to company store   
C      G           Am            C G  
Owe my soul to the company store 
 

            Am                        Dm  
Well, I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine  
         Am                 E  
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine  
         Am              Dm  
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal  
        Am                     E  
And the store-boss said, 'Son, bless my soul'  

 
Solo:  Am  Dm   Am  E   Am  Dm   E Am    Am   

      Am                       Dm  
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain  
Am                          E  
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name  
      Am                    Dm  
I was raised in the wood by mama lion  
      Am                      E  
No, a high-tone woman make me walk the line  

  


       Am                    Dm  
If you see me comin', better step aside  
  Am                      E  
A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died  
Am                    Dm  
One fist of iron, the other of steel  
       Am              G       E  
If the right one don't git ya, son, then left one will  

  
         Am               Dm  
You load sixteen tons and what do you get  
    Am                  E  
An- other day older and deeper in debt  
      Am                             Dm  
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go  
  E  
I owe my soul to the company store  

E                         Am  
Owe my soul, owe my soul, owe my soul  --- oh  
Am               Dm             Am                   Dm  
Sixteen tons,  I owe my soul,   sixteen tons  to the company store  
Am               Dm             Am                   Dm  
Sixteen tons,  I owe my soul,   sixteen tons  to the company store