Intro
F C A# D# Fm7 Fm/C# F
[Verse]
F C A# D#
Every time I find myself in this old bind
Fm7 Fm/C# F
Watching the death of my hopes.
F C A# D#
In the ring so long gonna prove them wrong
Fm7 Fm/C# F
I'm not knocked out, but I'm on the ropes.
[Chorus]
Dm F
I've got enough fight left inside this tired heart
A# Am Gm
To win this one and walk out on my feet,
C
No retreat.
[Verse]
F C A# D#
I may never get, everything I bet
Fm7 Fm/C# F
But I'm a man who always copes
F C A# D#
I'm hurting bad and fighting mad
Fm7 Fm/C# F
I'm not knocked out, but I'm on the ropes.
[Chorus]
Dm F
Everything that I hold near and dear to me
A# Am Gm
Is riding on this moment here and now,
C
I know how.
[Instrumental]
F C A# D# Fm7 Fm/C# F x2
[Chorus]
Dm F
I've got enough fight left inside this tired heart
A# Am Gm
To win this one and walk out on my feet,
C
No retreat.
[Verse]
F C A# D#
Gonna feel so good, when it's understood
Fm7 Fm/C# F
But hold the rebirth of my hopes
F C A# D#
In the ring so long gotta prove them wrong
Fm7 Fm/C# F
I'm not knocked out, but I'm not on the ropes.
[Outro]
F C A# D# Fm7 Fm/C# F x4 (fade out)