(Don’t give up on
me
‘Cause
I’m just in a r
ut
I’m c
limbing but the
walls k[C/E]eep st
acking
up)
[Verse 1]
Can’t keep my mind off of
every little wrong
I see the mouths ar
e open[C/E], but
I can’t hear the song
I’ve done my best to fill ’em, b
ut the cracks are starting to spre
ad
Hey I won’t blame y
ou bab[C/E]y, go
on turn your head
B
ut don’t give up
on me
‘Cause I
’m just in a ru
t
I’m
climbing but the
walls [C/E]keep s
tacking
up
[Verse 2]
I can’t keep pretending
this next stop isn'
t mine
The truth is on the
table[C/E], some
one’s gotta sign
I’ve done my best defending, b
ut the punches are starting to lan
d
I’m sliding into so
methin[C/E]g you
won’t understan
d
D
on’t give up on m
e
‘Cause
I’m just in a r
ut
I’m c
limbing but the
walls k[C/E]eep st
acking
up
But d
on’t give up on m
e
‘Cause I
’m just in a ru
t
I’m cl
imbing but the w
alls ke[C/E]ep sta
cking u
p
So
I’m handing you a memor
y
I
hope you understan
d
Tha
t steadily remin
ds you o
f who I really
am
This
city’s always
breathing, I wi
sh that it would
die
The
kickbacks and the bachelors, the
fever for the velvet rope
The
money from my mother’s men
I’m
not like her, you’re not like them
I’ll c
limb and I’ll climb
, I’ll climb and I’ll cli
mb, I’ll cl
imb and I’ll climb
I’ll c
limb and I’ll climb
, I’ll climb and I’ll cli
mb, I’ll cl
imb and I’ll climb
I’ll c
limb and I’ll climb
, I’ll climb and I’ll cli
mb, I’ll cli
mb and I’ll climb
Don’t y
ou
give up on
me (d
on’t you give up, don’t you give up)
Don’t y
ou
give up on
me (d
on’t you give up, don’t you give up)
Don’t y
ou
give up on
me (d
on’t you give up, don’t you give up)
Don’t y
ou
give up on
me (d
on’t you give up, don’t you give up)