Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons chords

Am                    F            E  Some people say a man is made outa mud
Am                    F            EA poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood...
Am                    F       EMuscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
Am                       F           EA mind that's weak and a back that's strong

     Am                        F        E  cho: You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
     Am                    F          E       Another day older an' deeper in debt
     Am                           F            E       Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
     Am                   E       Am     I owe my soul to the company sto'

Am                               F       E  If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
Am                    F            E  A lotta men din't an' a lotta men died
Am                            F           E  With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
Am                                    F         E  If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.

Am                              F            E  I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Am                        F           E  Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Am                            F    E  Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Am                             F        E  And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"

Am                            F         E  I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
Am                       F         E  Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Am                               F            E  I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama hound
Am                             F       E  Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.