Amy Sell Poet Lyric

Exes and Ohs To the Tune of Sixteen Tons

Intro:  Em  G  Em  B7

Em               G                Em         B7
Some people say a man’s made of mud
Em                G                 Em              B7
A poor man’s made out of muscle and blood
Em            G              Em        B7
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
Em                G                Em             G
A mind that’s weak and a back that’s strong.

Pre-chorus (muted strings)
Em                                  G                          
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Em                             B7
Another day older and deeper and debt
      Em                                         G
St. Peter don’t come get me ‘cause I can’t go
   Em                          B7
I owe my soul to the company store!

Chorus
G              D                      Em
And now, I lay me down to weep
 B7         G                        D
I pray the lord to leave me be
            B7     G                    D 
And if I die before daylight
   Am         C
I pray the lord
C             Em    G  Em  B7
I tried to fight!

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