F  1x3213 / 1x3013  (Fadd9 / Fsus2)

G/B    x20013       (Gadd4/B)
Am7    x02013
C/G    3x2013


[Intro]
C  F  C  F
C  G/B  Am7  C/G  F  G

[Verse 1]
C               F
 Big Joe Turner,  Emma James
C                        F
 Street survivor selling walking canes
C          G/B    Am7  C/G       F
 Give your babies holy names for me
C                  F
 I don't know, but  I've been told
    C                        F
You never grow up and you'll never get old
        C         G/B         Am7        C/G  
You can watch the world being bought and sold
F             G    C/G  
All on your T.V.

[Chorus]
F             C
 Sometimes it gets a little rough
         G                          Am7    C/G  
Like the wheels made of steel going uphill mountain
       F                     C
Better  stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
    G                               F
And if you're gonna fall, well, you might as well fall

[Verse 2]
C                     F
 Build a house, honey,  make it home
C                              F
Gonna make a place, man, where I can be alone
          C         G/B              Am7 C/G  
Don't the yard look pretty when it's overgrown
F                 G
Standing six feet tall
C                       F
 This ain't a ride, but  it's a livin'
C                     F
 You got to take just what you are given
       C         G/B              Am7           C/G  
'Cause luck only matters with the cards and the women
    F                G    C/G  
And sometimes not at all

[Chorus]
F             C
 Sometimes it gets a little rough
         G                          Am7    C/G  
Like the wheels made of steel going uphill mountain
       F                     C
Better  stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
    G                               F
And if you're gonna fall, well, you might as well fall

[Instrumental]
F  G  F  Bb  F  G  F  G  C

[Verse 3]
C                    F
 Peeping Tom said to  Madame Rose
      C                          F
"I've seen you twice already without your clothes
     C    G/B               Am7  C/G  
What I suggest, honey, what I propose
        F                  G
Is that you see me without mine"
C                F
Tell John Henry,  Cassius Clay
         C                        F
Swinging iron for a living is one hell of a way
        C        G/B                Am7    C/G  
But whatever you do, don't let your hammer stray
  F                     G    C/G  
I believe we'll be just fine

[Chorus]
F             C
 Sometimes it gets a little rough
         G                          Am7    C/G  
Like the wheels made of steel going uphill mountain
       F                     C
Better  stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
    G                                F
And if you're gonna crawl, well, you might as well crawl
        F
Ah, you might as well crawl
         F
Yes, you might as well crawl
          F                    C
Well, you might as well crawl