Intro
C# G# F# B C#m7 C#m/A C#
[Verse]
C# G# F# B
Every time I find myself in this old bind
C#m7 C#m/A C#
Watching the death of my hopes.
C# G# F# B
In the ring so long gonna prove them wrong
C#m7 C#m/A C#
I'm not knocked out, but I'm on the ropes.
[Chorus]
A#m C#
I've got enough fight left inside this tired heart
F# Fm D#m
To win this one and walk out on my feet,
G#
No retreat.
[Verse]
C# G# F# B
I may never get, everything I bet
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But I'm a man who always copes
C# G# F# B
I'm hurting bad and fighting mad
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I'm not knocked out, but I'm on the ropes.
[Chorus]
A#m C#
Everything that I hold near and dear to me
F# Fm D#m
Is riding on this moment here and now,
G#
I know how.
[Instrumental]
C# G# F# B C#m7 C#m/A C# x2
[Chorus]
A#m C#
I've got enough fight left inside this tired heart
F# Fm D#m
To win this one and walk out on my feet,
G#
No retreat.
[Verse]
C# G# F# B
Gonna feel so good, when it's understood
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But hold the rebirth of my hopes
C# G# F# B
In the ring so long gotta prove them wrong
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I'm not knocked out, but I'm not on the ropes.
[Outro]
C# G# F# B C#m7 C#m/A C# x4 (fade out)