Sixteen Tons(Chords)

	        
 
Verse 1:
F#m 
Some people say man is made out of mud 
  F#m 
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood 
F#m                  Bm 
Muscle and blood and skin and bone 
             C#                       F#m 
You've got a mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong 
 

         F#m                          C# 
You load sixteen tons and what do you get 
 F#m                            C# 
Another day older and deeper in debt 
      F#m                            Bm 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 

I owe my soul to the company store 
      F#m 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
      F#m                            D       C# 
Saint Peter don't you call me to the company store 
      F#m                            Bm 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 

I owe my soul to the company store 

Come on 


( F#m  E  D  C# ) 
( F#m  E  D  C# ) 

Verse 2:
      F#m       E                D          C# 
I was born on a mornin' when the sun didn't shine 
  F#m          E            D             C# 
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine 
         F#m     A       Bm 
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal 
        F#m              N.C 
And the store-boss said 'Well-a bless my soul' 

 

         F#m     E        D           C# 
You load sixteen tons and what do you get 
 F#m        E         D         C# 
Another day older and deeper in debt 
      F#m             A              Bm 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 

I owe my soul to the company store 

( F#m  E  D  C# ) 
 
Verse 3:
      F#m      E               D         C# 
I was born one mornin', in the drizzlin' rain 
F#m          E                 D         C# 
Fightin' and trouble have been my middle name 
      F#m           A                Bm 
I was raised in the cane-brake by an old mama lion 
            C#m                     C#7 
Cain't no a high-tone woman make me walk the line 
 

     F#m     E        D           C# 
Yea, sixteen tons and what do you get? 
 F#m        E         D         C# 
Another day older and deeper in debt 
      F#m             A              Bm 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
  F#m 
I owe my soul to the company store 


Bridge:
F#m      G#m 
I own my soul 

 
Verse 4:
   G#m                             D# 
If you see me comin', better step aside 
  G#m        F#       E          D# 
A lot of men didn't a lot of men died 
    G#m     B             C#m 
One fist of iron, and the other of steel 
       D#m                         D#7                       
If the left don't gotcha, then the right one will you load 


                      D# 
Sixteen tons (what do you get?) 
 G#m        F#        E         D# 
Another day older and deeper in debt 
      G#m             F#             E       D# 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
  D#                 G#m 
I owe my soul to the company store 
      G#m 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
      G#m                            E       D# 
Saint Peter don't you call me to the company store 
      G#m             B              C#m        D# 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go 
                             D# G#m 
I owe my soul to the company-y,   store 
                                     D#      G#m 
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

	        

Written by Merle Travis