Тональность

 
          Em        D      C        B7
I.  Some people say man's made out mud,
             Em         D           C           B7
    Well, a good man's made out of muscle and blood
      Em        G          A       
    Muscle and blood, and skin and bones,
         B7
    And mind that's weak and the back that's strong.

                 Em  D
Chorus: You load 16 tons,
             C          B7
        And what do you get?
           Em         D
        Another day older,
             C         B7
        And deeper in debt.
               Em              G
        Saint Peter, don't you call me,
              A  
        Cause I can't go,
          Em                   B7     Em                
       I owe my soul to the company store!

          Em        D      C        B7
II. I was born one morning when sun didn't shine,
             Em         D           C         B7
    I picked up my shovel and I went to the mine,
      Em        G          A       
    Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal,
         B7
    And the straw boss said: "Well, bless my soul!"

                 Em  D
Chorus: You load 16 tons,
             C          B7
        And what do you get?
           Em         D
        Another day older,
             C         B7
        And deeper in debt.
               Em              G
        Saint Peter, don't you call me,
              A  
        Cause I can't go,
          Em                   B7     Em                
       I owe my soul to the company store!

          Em        D      C        B7
III. I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain,
             Em         D           C    B7
     Fighting and Trouble 's my middle name,
      Em        G          A       
     I was raised down the Canebrake by an old mountain mine,
         B7
     And there ain't no hard hearted women make me walk that line!

                 Em  D
Chorus: You load 16 tons,
             C          B7
        And what do you get?
           Em         D
        Another day older,
             C         B7
        And deeper in debt.
               Em              G
        Saint Peter, don't you call me,
              A  
        Cause I can't go,
          Em                   B7     Em                
       I owe my soul to the company store!

          Em        D      C        B7
IV. If you see me coming, you better step aside,
             Em         D           C     B7
    A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died.
      Em        G          A       
    My one fist is iron, the other one's steel,
         B7
    And if the left don't getcha, then the right one will.

                 Em  D
Chorus: You load 16 tons,
             C          B7
        And what do you get?
           Em         D
        Another day older,
             C         B7
        And deeper in debt.
               Em              G
        Saint Peter, don't you call me,
              A  
        Cause I can't go,
          Em                   B7     Em                
       I owe my soul to the company store