Some
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people say a man is
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made outta
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mudA
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poor man’s made outta
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muscle and
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blood
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Muscle and blood and
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skin and bonesA
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mind that’s weak and a
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back that’s
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strong
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Chorus
You load
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sixteen tons and w
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haddya
g
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et?An
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other day older and d
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eeper in d
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ebtSaint
P
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eter don’t’ya call me ’cause
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I can’t goI
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owe my soul to the c
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ompany
s
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tore
Aerse 2
I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shineI picked up my shovel and I walked to the mineI loaded sixteen tons of number nine coalAnd the strawboss said, ‘well, bless my soul’
Aerse 3
I was born one morning it was drizzlin’ rainFightin’ and trouble are my middle nameI was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lionCan’t no high-tone woman make me walk the line
Aerse 4
If ya see me comin’, better step asideA lotta men didn’t and a lotta men diedOne fist of iron, the other of steelIf the right one don’t getcha, then the left one will
These known chords are used in this song.
