Standard (EADGBE)
is actually a
Intro
Verse 1
Some people say a man is made out of mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood...
Muscle and blood skin and bone
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
Chorus 1
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter dontcha 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
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
The strawboss said Well, Bless my soul!
Chorus 2
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get?
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 3
I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the cane-break by an old mama lion
Can't no hot-coloured woman make me haunt the line
Chorus 3
You load sixteen tons and whaddya get
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I, I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
Verse 4
key change!
If you see me coming better step a-side
A lotta men didn't a lotta men died
I got one fist of iron the other of steel
If the right one don't get ya then the left one will
Chorus 4
You load up sixteen tons and whaddya get
A-nother day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter dontcha call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
May 2011