G5           C5              D5       G5 
How can you tell if he's a worried man 
       D5           G5            C5           D5 
By the way that he walks by the way that he stands 
     G5           C5            D5      G5  
He's working his way thru the family plan 
C5                                    D5 
Hands on the wheel he'll spin in the sand  ?? 
         G5        C5        D5         G5      
And they love him in their own small way 
     D5       G5             C5         D5 
The children listen to the songs he plays 
    G5        C5          D5     G5 
The past you just can't hide away 
C5                       C5    D5 
A dream hangin on from yesterday 
          G5      C5           D5       G5 
When your back's against the wall tonight 
        E5                 C5       
And you won't surrender without a fight 
G5                D5          E5 
And it's so far past what's wrong and right 
          C5                  D5      G5 
When your back's against the wall tonight 
 
SOLO 
 

D5                                 C5       G5  
Oh what keeps you going thru the long dark night 
E5                      B5 
What gives this man the will to survive 
D5                     C5            G5 
And break on thru and make it all right  
          C5                  D5 
When your back's against the wall 
    G5             C5                D5         G5 
So button up your coat against the cold cold wind 
         D5      G5     C5       D5 
Theres's no guarantte anybody wins 
G5                  C5 
Too much about the money 
C5   D5              G5    
Too much about the sin 
     C5                                       D5 
Your banking that the wheel will turn over again  
          G5      C5           D5       G5 
When your back's against the wall tonight 
        E5                  C5    
And you won't surrender without a fight 
G5               D5            E5 
And it's so far past what's wrong and right 
          C5                  D5     
When your back's against the wall  
          D5                  C5       G5 
When your back's against the wall tonight 
        E5                  C5 
And you won't surrender without a fight 
G5           D5               E5 
And it's so far past what's wrong and right 
          C5                  D5      G5 
When your back's against the wall tonight 
 
From Chris Hillman