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[Verse 1]
     N.C.
Some people say a man is made outta mud
           
A poor man's m

          
ade outta musc

       
le an' blood..

.
           
Muscle an' blo

             
od an' skin an

  
' bone
     
A mind that's 

weak and a bac

k that's stron

g

[Chorus]
              
     You load 

           
sixteen tons, 

    
whaddya get?
            
     Another d

            
ay older an' d

/      
eeper in debt
            
     Saint Pet

             
er, doncha cal

             
l me 'cause I 

      
can't go
         
     I owe my 

.
soul to the co

mpany sto'

(Repeat riff)

[Verse 2]
      N.C.
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
            
I picked up my

             
 shovel and I 

          
walked to the 


mine
            
I loaded sixte

            
en tons of num

         
ber nine coal
            
And the straw 


boss said, "We

ll, bless my s

oul

[Chorus]
              
     You load 

           
sixteen tons, 

    
whaddya get?
            
     Another d

            
ay older an' d

/      
eeper in debt
            
     Saint Pet

             
er, doncha cal

             
l me 'cause I 

      
can't go
         
     I owe my 

.
soul to the co

mpany sto'

(Repeat riff)

[Verse 3]
      N.C.
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
           
Fightin' and t

           
rouble are my 

#      
middle name
            
I was raised i

             
n the cane bra

             
ke by an' ol' 

       
mama lion
            
Cain't no high

 
-tone woman ma

ke me walk the

 line

[Chorus]
              
     You load 

           
sixteen tons, 

    
whaddya get?
            
     Another d

            
ay older an' d

/      
eeper in debt
            
     Saint Pet

             
er, doncha cal

             
l me 'cause I 

      
can't go
         
     I owe my 

.
soul to the co

mpany sto'

(Repeat riff)

[Verse 4]
      N.C.
If ya see me comin' better step aside
           
A lotta men di

          
dn't, a lotta 

     
men died
           
One fist of ir

             
on, the other 

   
of steel
           
If the right o

.
ne don' get yo

u then the lef

t one will

[Chorus]
              
     You load 

           
sixteen tons, 

    
whaddya get?
            
     Another d

            
ay older an' d

/      
eeper in debt
            
     Saint Pet

           
er, doncha cal

           
l me 'cause I 

can't go
     N.C.
     I owe my soul to the company sto'

(Repeat riff)




Tabbed by Bob O'Neill 2015