Rut

[Intro :] 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 )