Prayer of the Refugee (Acoustic)
As Performed by Rise Against
Tabbed by ssjEasterBunny
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Tuning:
G5: 3x003x
Csus4: x3x03x
D5: xx023x
Em7: 02203x
Am7: x0221x
F/C: x3321x
INTRO
Eb|--------------------------|
Bb|-8-77-88-77-88-77-88-77---|
Gb|-9-99-99-99-99-99-99-99---|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------|
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?)
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-88-77-88-77-88-77-88-77-88-77-88-77-88-77-55-5555---|
Gb|-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-44-4444---|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Warm yourself by the fire son,
And the morning will come soon.
I'll tell you stories of a better time,
In a place that we once knew.
Before we packed our bags and left all this,
Behind us in the dust,
We had a place that we could call home,
And a life no one could touch.
CHORUS
Don't hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now,
You won't let me down, down, down,
Don't hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now,
You won't let me down, down, down, down...
RE-INTRO
Eb|--------------------------|
Bb|-8-77-88-77-88-77-88-77---|
Gb|-9-99-99-99-99-99-99-99---|
Db|--------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------|
VERSE II (Again, switch from double-stops to chords half way through the lyrics.)
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-88-77-88-77-88-77-88-77-88-77-88-77-88-77-55-5555---|
Gb|-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-44-4444---|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
We are the angry and the desperate,
The hungry and the cold.
We are the ones who kept quiet,
And always did what we were told.
But we've been sweating while you slept so calm,
In the safety of your home.
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up,
Everything you've known.
CHORUS
Don't hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now,
You won't let me down, down, down,
Don't hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now,
You won't let me down, down, down...
BRIDGE I
(Am)
So open your eyes child, let’s be on our way,
Broken windows and ashes are guiding the way.
Keep quiet no longer, we'll sing through the day,
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
Eb|------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-9----11-12--9----11-12--9----11-12--9----7-----|
Db|-x-----x--x--x-----x--x--x-----x--x--x----x-----|
Ab|-7-----9-10--7-----9-10--7-----9-10--7----5-----|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|
BRIDGE III
S TTS TT S S S S S TTS TT S S S S
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-16--xx12--xx16-17-16-14-16--xx12--xx16-17-16-14-|
Db|--x--xx-x--xx-x--x--x--x--x--xx-x--xx-x--x--x--x-|
Ab|-14--xx10--xx14-15-14-12-14--xx10--xx14-15-14-12-|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|
S TTS TT S S S S S TT S TT S TT E
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-14--xx14--xx14-14-14-12-16--xx16--xx16--xx16~---|
Db|--x--xx-x--xx-x--x--x--x--x--xx-x--xx-x--xx-x----|
Ab|-12--xx12--xx12-12-12-10-14--xx14--xx14--xx14~---|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------x----|
Bb|-8-77-88-77-88-77-53----|
Gb|-9-99-99-99-99-99-40----|
Db|-------------------x----|
Ab|-------------------3----|
Eb|------------------------|
CHORUS/OUTRO
Don't hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now,
You won't let me down, down, down,
Don't hold me up now,
I can stand my own ground
I don't need your help now,
You won't let me down, down, down,
Em7 G <--(Chords are muted every fourth Don’t hold me
sixteenth note.)
Don’t hold me up..... No, no, no,
Em7 G <--(Resume normal strumming.)
Don’t hold me up.....
Don’t hold me up.....
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