E-mail: [Intro] Riff intro bridge and outro |------------|------------| |------------|------------| |--2------------|------------| A|------------3------0-----|------------| e|------------|---0---2-----4-----(5)-----| x2 (Clean and with disto after) x2 [Verse] Some people say man is made out of mud A poor man’s made out of muscle and blood Muscle and blood skin and bones A mind that’s weak and a back that’s strong [Chorus] Sixteen tons what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store [Instrumental] [Riff] x2 I was born one morning when the sun didn’t shine I Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal And the straw-boss said "Well bless my soul" [Chorus] Sixteen tons what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store [Instrumental] [Riff] solo (chorus without lyrics) [Verse] I was born one morning it was drizzling rain Fightin’ and trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion Can’t no high-toned woman make me walk the line [Chorus] Sixteen tons what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store [Instrumental] [Riff] x2 [Verse] If you see me coming better step aside A lot of men didn’t lot of men died One fist of iron the other of steel If the right one don’t get you then the left one will [Chorus] Sixteen tons what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t goooooooooooooooo I owe my soul to the company store [Outro] [Riff]