Am - F E
Am - F E
Am - F Dm
Am - G Am
[Verse 1]
Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle an' blood
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
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You load sixteen tons an' what do ya get?
Another day older an' deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't ya call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
[Verse 2]
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
The straw boss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
I was born one morning it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Raised in a cave by an old mama lion
Ain't no high-tone woman make me walk the line
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
If ya see me coming ya better step aside
A lotta men didn't and a lotta men died
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
If the right one don't get ya then the left one will
[Chorus]