Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford [Dm] Do do do do [A7] do do do [Dm] do Some [Dm] people say a [F] man is [Bb7] made out of [A7] mud, a [Dm] poor man’s [F] made out of [Bb7] muscle and [A7] blood. [Dm] Muscle and blood and [Gm] skin and bones, a [Dm] mind that’s weak and a [A] back that’s [A7] strong Chorus: You load [Dm] sixteen [F] tons and [Bb7] what do you [A7] get? An [Dm] other day [F] older and [Bb7] deeper in [A7] debt St. [Dm] Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause [Gm] I can’t go. I [Dm] owe my soul to the [A7] company’s [Dm] store. Well, [Dm] I was born one [F] morning [Bb7] when the sun didn’t [A7] shine, I [Dm] picked up my [F] shovel and [Bb7] walked to the [A7] mine I [Dm] loaded sixteen tons of [Gm] number nine coal, and the [Dm] straw boss said, “Well, [A] bless my [A7] soul!” Chorus: Well, [Dm] I was born one [F] morning it was [Bb7] drizzlin’ [A7] rain, [Dm] fightin’ and [F] trouble are my [Bb7] middle [A7] name I [Dm] was raised in the canebreak by an [Gm] old mamma lion, can’t no [Dm] high-toned woman make me[A] walk the [A7] line Chorus: If you [Dm] see me [F] comin’ [Bb7] better step [A7] aside, a [Dm] lot of men [F] didn’t and a [Bb7] lot of men[A7] died One [Dm] fist of iron and the [Gm] other of steel, if the [Dm] right one doesn’t get you then the [A] left one [A7] will. Chorus: