16 tons vx1

7 -6 7 7 -6 5 -6 -6 -6 5 

SOME PEO-PLE SAY A MAN IS MADE OUT OF MUD 


5 7 -6 -6 5 5 -6 -6 -6 5 

A POOR MAN'S MADE OUT OF MUS-CLE AND BLOOD 


-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -8 -8 -8 

MUS-CLE AND BLOOD AND SKIN AND BONES, 


-8 -10 -9 -8 -6 5 5 -6 -6 5 

A MI-ND THAT'S WEAK AND A BACK THAT'S STRONG, 

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5 6 -6 -6 -6 7 7 7 -6 -6 

YOU LOAD SIX-TEEN TONS AND WHAT DO YOU GET? 


7 7 7 -6 -6 5 -6 -6 -6 5 

AN-OTHER DAY OLD-ER AND DEEP-ER IN DEBT 


-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 7 -7 -6 -8 -8 -8 

SAINT PE-TER, DON'T YOU CALL ME 'CAUSE I CAN'T GO 


8 -10-9 -8 -6 5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 

I O-WE MY SOUL TO THE COM-PA-NY STORE.