Sixteen tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford / The Platters
(Cm, not - for Dmitry Inshakov)

                          
Some people say man's made outta*) mud,
                          
poor man's made outta muscle and blood
                      
Muscle and blood, and skin and bones,
                                           (or just Cm)
And mind that's weak and the back that's strong.
                        [bad word]   You load sixteen tons,
                     
        And what do you get?
                 
        Another day older,
                   
        And deeper in debt.
                            
        Saint Peter, don't you call me,
              
        Cause I can't go,
                                
        I owe my soul to [bad word] store!

I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine,
I picked up my shovel and I walk to the mine,
Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal,
And the straw boss said: "Well, bless my soul!"

 [bad word] 

I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain,
Fighting and Trouble are my middle name,
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion,
Ain’t no high-toned woman make me walk the line!

 [bad word] 

If you see [bad word]  you better step aside,
lot of men didn't and a lot of men died.
My one fist is iron, the other one's steel,
And if the left don't getcha, then the right one will.

 [bad word] 
*) out of -> outta 

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16 tons – The Platters/ Tennessee Ernie Ford
(Hm, like Tennessee Ernie Ford)
                             
Some people say man's made outta*) mud,
                            
poor man's made outta muscle and blood
                         
Muscle and blood, and skin and bones,
                                      (or only F#7)
And mind that's weak and the back that's strong.
                   [bad word]  You load 16 tons,
                     
        And what do you get?
                   
        Another day older,
                    
        And deeper in debt.
                            
        Saint Peter, don't you call me,
               
        Cause I can't go,
                               
        I owe my soul to [bad word] store!

I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine,
I picked up my shovel and I walk to the mine,
Loaded 16 tons of number nine coal,
And the straw boss said: "Well, bless my soul!"

 [bad word] 

I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain,
Fighting and Trouble are my middle name,
I was raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion,
Ain’t no high-toned woman make me walk the line!

 [bad word] 

If you see [bad word]  you better step aside,
lot of men didn't and a lot of men died.
My one fist is iron, the other one's steel,
And if the left don't getcha, then the right one will.

 [bad word] 
*) out of -> outta