CLICK HERE FOR SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/p>\n{Dm A7 Gm } Some people say a man is made outta mud.\u00a0\u00a0 A poor man’s made outta muscle and blood.\u00a0\u00a0 Muscle and blood and skin and bones.\u00a0\u00a0 A mind that’s a-weak and a back that’s strong<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCHORUS
\n<\/span><\/strong>You load 16 tons, what do you get?\u00a0 Another day older and deeper in debt.\u00a0 St. Peter, don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go; I owe my soul to the company store.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nI was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine, I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.\u00a0 I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal, and the straw boss said, “Well, a-bless my soul”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCHORUS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nI was born one mornin’, it was drizzlin’ rain.\u00a0 Fightin’ and trouble are my middle name.\u00a0 I was raised in the canebrake by an ol’ mama lion.\u00a0 Can’t no high toned woman make me walk the line<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCHORUS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nIf you see me comin’, better step aside. A lotta men didn’t, a lotta men died.\u00a0 One fist of iron, the other of steel;\u00a0 If the right one don’t get you, then the left one will<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCHORUS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/code><\/p>\n[Intro]\r\nRiff, relative to capo\r\n (Dm<\/span>)\r\ne|-5-------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------5--------------------------------------------|\r\nG|-----------5----2---------1----2-------------------|\r\nD|---------------------2--4--------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------|\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n N.C.\r\nSome people say a man is made outta mud\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nA poor man's made outta muscle an' blood...\r\n<\/span>Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nMuscle an' blood an' skin an' bone\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\nA mind that's weak and a back that's strong\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n You load sixteen tons, whaddya get?\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Another day older an' deeper in debt\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\n I owe my soul to the company sto'\r\n<\/span> \r\n(Repeat riff)\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n N.C.\r\nI was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nI picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nI loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\nAnd the straw boss said, \"Well, bless my soul\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n You load sixteen tons, whaddya get?\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Another day older an' deeper in debt\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\n I owe my soul to the company sto'\r\n<\/span> \r\n(Repeat riff)\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n N.C.\r\nI was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain\r\nDm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nFightin' and trouble are my middle name\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nI was raised in the cane brake by an' ol' mama lion\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\nCain't no high-tone woman make me walk the line\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n You load sixteen tons, whaddya get?\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Another day older an' deeper in debt\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\n I owe my soul to the company sto'\r\n<\/span> \r\n(Repeat riff)\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n N.C.\r\nIf ya see me comin' better step aside\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nA lotta men didn't, a lotta men died\r\n<\/span>Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nOne fist of iron, the other of steel\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\nIf the right one don' get you then the left one will\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n You load sixteen tons, whaddya get?\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Another day older an' deeper in debt\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> Dm\/A<\/span> Gm<\/span>\r\n Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go\r\n<\/span> N.C.\r\n I owe my soul to the company sto'\r\n \r\n(Repeat riff)\r\n \r\nDm<\/span>\r\n \r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHANGE TO B CLICK HERE FOR SHEET MUSIC {Dm A7 Gm } Some people say a man is made outta mud.\u00a0\u00a0 A poor man’s made outta muscle and blood.\u00a0\u00a0 Muscle and blood and skin and bones.\u00a0\u00a0 A mind that’s a-weak and a back that’s strong CHORUS You load 16 tons, … CLICK TO VIEW SONGSixteen 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<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![CLICK HERE FOR SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/p>\n{Dm A7 Gm } Some people say a man is made outta mud.\u00a0\u00a0 A poor man’s made outta muscle and blood.\u00a0\u00a0 Muscle and blood and skin and bones.\u00a0\u00a0 A mind that’s a-weak and a back that’s strong<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCHORUS\n<\/span><\/strong>You load 16 tons, what do you get?\u00a0 Another day older and deeper in debt.\u00a0 St. Peter, don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go; I owe my soul to the company store.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nI was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine, I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.\u00a0 I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal, and the straw boss said, “Well, a-bless my soul”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCHORUS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nI was born one mornin’, it was drizzlin’ rain.\u00a0 Fightin’ and trouble are my middle name.\u00a0 I was raised in the canebrake by an ol’ mama lion.\u00a0 Can’t no high toned woman make me walk the line<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCHORUS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nIf you see me comin’, better step aside. A lotta men didn’t, a lotta men died.\u00a0 One fist of iron, the other of steel;\u00a0 If the right one don’t get you, then the left one will<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nCHORUS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/code><\/p>\n[Intro]\r\nRiff, relative to capo\r\n (Dm<\/span>)\r\ne|-5-------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------5--------------------------------------------|\r\nG|-----------5----2---------1----2-------------------|\r\nD|---------------------2--4--------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------|\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n N.C.\r\nSome people say a man is made outta mud\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nA poor man's made outta muscle an' blood...\r\n<\/span>Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nMuscle an' blood an' skin an' bone\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\nA mind that's weak and a back that's strong\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n You load sixteen tons, whaddya get?\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Another day older an' deeper in debt\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\n I owe my soul to the company sto'\r\n<\/span> \r\n(Repeat riff)\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n N.C.\r\nI was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nI picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nI loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\nAnd the straw boss said, \"Well, bless my soul\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n You load sixteen tons, whaddya get?\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Another day older an' deeper in debt\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\n I owe my soul to the company sto'\r\n<\/span> \r\n(Repeat riff)\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n N.C.\r\nI was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain\r\nDm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nFightin' and trouble are my middle name\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nI was raised in the cane brake by an' ol' mama lion\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\nCain't no high-tone woman make me walk the line\r\n<\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n You load sixteen tons, whaddya get?\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> G\/B<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Another day older an' deeper in debt\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> C<\/span> A#<\/span> A<\/span>\r\n Saint Peter, doncha call me 'cause I can't go\r\n<\/span> Dm<\/span> N.C.\r\n I owe my soul to the company sto'\r\n<\/span> \r\n(Repeat riff)\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n N.C.\r\nIf ya see me comin' better step aside\r\n Dm<\/span> C<\/span> 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