C                G6
(Don't give up on me
       C              F
'Cause I'm just in a rut
     C               Cadd9  C/E   F      G
I'm climbing but the walls keep stacking up)

[Verse 1]
C     G6                          C                  F
        Can't keep my mind off of every little wrong
C                  Cadd9 C/E   F
I see the mouths are open, but I can't hear the song
C     G6                                 C                                 F
         I've done my best to fill 'em, but the cracks are starting to spread
C                  Cadd9 C/E   F
Hey I won't blame you baby, go on turn your head

[Chorus]
 C                G6
But don't give up on me
        C              F
'Cause I'm just in a rut
    C               Cadd9  C/E   F       G
I'm climbing but the walls keep stacking up

[Verse 2]
C     G6                          C                  F
          I can't keep pretending this next stop isn't mine
C                  Cadd9 C/E   F
The truth is on the table, someone's gotta sign
C     G6                                 C                                 F
           I've done my best defending, but the punches are starting to land
C                  Cadd9 C/E   F              Gsus4
I'm sliding into something you won't understand

[Chorus]
 C                G6
Don't give up on me
       C              F
'Cause I'm just in a rut
     C               Cadd9  C/E   F      G
I'm climbing but the walls keep stacking up

     C                G6
But don't give up on me
        C              F
'Cause I'm just in a rut
      C               Cadd9  C/E   F      G
I'm climbing but the walls keep stacking up

[Bridge]
   F                      G
So I'm handing you a memory
  Am7               C
I hope you understand
   F               G       Am7            C
That steadily reminds you of who I really am

    F              G              Am7              C
This city's always breathing, I wish that it would die
    F                                G
The kickbacks and the bachelors, the fever for the velvet rope
    Am7
The money from my mother's men
    G
I'm not like her, you're not like them

      C                  G                        Am7        Fadd9
I'll climb and I'll climb, I'll climb and I'll climb, I'll climb and I'll climb
      C                  G                        Am7        Fadd9
I'll climb and I'll climb, I'll climb and I'll climb, I'll climb and I'll climb
      C                  F                        G           Am7               G
I'll climb and I'll climb, I'll climb and I'll climb, I'll climb and I'll climb

[Outro]
       C  G          Am   F
Don't you give up on me (don't you give up, don't you give up)
       C  G          Am   F
Don't you give up on me (don't you give up, don't you give up)
       C  G          Am   F
Don't you give up on me (don't you give up, don't you give up)
       C  G          Am   F
Don't you give up on me (don't you give up, don't you give up)