Prayer of the Refugee (Acoustic)
As Performed by Rise Against
Tabbed by ssjEasterBunny
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Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
CHORDS USED
G5: 3x003x
Csus4: x3x03x
D5: xx023x
Em7: 02203x
Am7: x0221x
F/C: x3321x
INTRO
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VERSE I (Switch from double—stops to chords half way through the lyrics. I provided for
halves (A) so you have options and (B) how lazy could I be?)
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G Csus4
Warm yourself by the fire son,
D5 Csus4
And the morning will come soon.
G Csus4
I'll tell you stories of a better time,
D5 Csus4
In a place that we once knew.
G Csus4
Before we packed our bags and left all this,
D5 Csus4
Behind us in the dust,
G Csus4
We had a place that we could call home,
D5 Csus4
And a life no one could touch.
CHORUS
Em7
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D5
I don't need your help now,
Csus4
You won't let me down, down, down,
Em7
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D5
I don't need your help now,
Csus4
You won't let me down, down, down, down...
RE—INTRO
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VERSE II (Again, switch from double—stops to chords half way through the lyrics.)
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G Csus4
We are the angry and the desperate,
D5 Csus4
The hungry and the cold.
G Csus4
We are the ones who kept quiet,
D5 Csus4
And always did what we were told.
G Csus4
But we've been sweating while you slept so calm,
D5 Csus4
In the safety of your home.
G Csus4
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up,
D5 Csus4
Everything you've known.
CHORUS
Em7
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D5
I don't need your help now,
Csus4
You won't let me down, down, down,
Em7
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D5
I don't need your help now,
Csus4 Am
You won't let me down, down, down...
BRIDGE I
(Am) G Am
So open your eyes child, let's be on our way,
G Am
Broken windows and ashes are guiding the way.
G F/C
Keep quiet no longer, we'll sing through the day,
Em Csus4 G5 D5
Of the lives that we've lost, and the lives we've reclaimed.
BRIDGE II
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H H
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Ab|—7—————9—10——7—————9—10——7—————9—10——7————5—————|
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BRIDGE III
S TTS TT S S S S S TTS TT S S S S
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S TTS TT S S S S S TT S TT S TT E
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Gb|—14——xx14——xx14—14—14—12—16——xx16——xx16——xx16~———|
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Ab|—12——xx12——xx12—12—12—10—14——xx14——xx14——xx14~———|
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INTERLUDE Csus4
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CHORUS/OUTRO
Em7
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D5
I don't need your help now,
Csus4
You won't let me down, down, down,
Em7
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D5
I don't need your help now,
Csus4
You won't let me down, down, down,
Em7 G
sixteenth note.)
D5 Csus4
Don't hold me up..... No, no, no,
Em7 G
Don't hold me up.....
D5
Don't hold me up.....
Csus4 Em7
Don't let me down, down, down, down, down.
Duration Legend
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H = whole note
Q = quarter note
E = eighth note
S = sixteenth note
T = thirty—second note