16 Tons

**Chords:**
C  F  C  G7  
C  F  C  G7  
C  F  C  G7  
C  F  C  G7  

C               F          C          G7  
Some people say a man is made outta mud  
C               F          C             G7  
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood  
C                F           C             G7  
Muscle and blood and skin and bones  
C               F             C         G7  
You’re a mind that's weak and a back that's strong  

C             F        C          G7  
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?  
C                F          C        G7  
Another day older and deeper in debt  
C              F         C             G7  
St. Peter, don’t you call me 'cause I can’t go  
C              F              C     G7  
I owe my soul to the company store