Sixteen Tons Chords by Tom Jones

[Start]

[Verse]
G7                                     
Some people say a man is made outta mud
             Em         D7              
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
G7                   C7            
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
  D7                                         
A mind that's a weak and a back that's strong
         G7               C7             
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
G7                    C7            
Another day older and deeper in debt
Gm                    G7             C7        
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
                             G7   
I owe my soul to the company store
Cm7       G7                                        
■   I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
                            D7                
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
         G7              C7              
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal


[Chorus]
                               F        G7  
And the straw boss said well a bless my soul
                          C7             
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
G7                    C7     C      
Another day older and deeper in debt
G7                                   C   C7      
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause ■ I can't go


[Verse]
C7                                
I owe my soul to the company store
      Gm                                C   
I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
G7                                     
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
                                    C7           
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
C7                                                
Cain't no a high toned woman make me walk the line


[Chorus]
    G7                    C7             
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
G7                    C7            
Another day older and deeper in debt
G7                            C7               
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go


[Verse]
  G7     C7                  G7   
I owe my soul to the company store
       Ab7                            
If you see me comin' better step aside
  Ab7                              
A lotta men didn't a lotta men died
                              Db7   Db Db7  
I've got one fist of iron the other of steel
       Db7                      
If the right one don't a get you


[Chorus]
         Db7          
Then the left one will
         Ab7              Db7            
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Ab7                   Db7           
Another day older and deeper in debt
Ab7                                            
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go


[Outro]
                     Db7     Ab    Ab7 Ab Ab7
I owe my soul to the company store ■   ■  ■