Tonalidad: D minor
Verse 1
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Mining coal was a tough,
dirty job.
The miners worked under the ground
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in cramped spaces,
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Dm
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breathing coal dust all day long.
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The hours were long
and the pay was short.
This is how it was.
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Verse 2
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Am
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Some people say a man's made out of mud
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a poor man's made out
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of muscle and blood
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Am
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Muscle and blood, skin and bones
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A man that's weak in the back,
that's strong
he's loaded sixteen tons,
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but what'd he get
E
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Another day older and deeper in debt
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Saint Peter don't call
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me cause I can't go
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E
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I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one morning
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when the sun didn't shine
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Am
Dm
I picked up my shovel and I ran to the mine
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I loaded six teen tons
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of number nine coal
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The straw boss said, well,
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bless my soul,
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you load 16 tons, and what do you get?
E
Am
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Another day older and deeper in debt,
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Dm
St. Peter, don't call me, cause I can't go
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Am
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Am
I owe my soul to the company store
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I was born one morning, it was drizzlin' rain
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Fightin' and trouble
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with my middle name
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Am
I was raised in Duquesne,
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break by an old mama line
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Ain't no high -toned woman
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Dm
made me walk the line
Am
You load sixteen tons,
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and what do you get?
E
Am
Dm
E
Another day older and deeper in debt
Am
Dm
Saint Peter don't call me, cause I can't go
Am
E
Am
E
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I owe my soul to the company store
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Am
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Well, if you see me coming,
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better step aside
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A lot of men been there,
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a lot of men died
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One fist to bind, the other one to steal
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If my right one don't get you,
then my left one will
You load sixteen tons,
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E
and what do you get?
Am
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Another day wonderin' deeper in
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Dead
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St. Peter don't call me cause I can't go
Am
I owe my soul to the company store
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