Song: "Prayer of the Refugee"
Artist: "Rise Against"
Tabbed By: Brett Linseman
This is an excellent song from a phenomenal band, it sounds decent on both electric and
too. This is just a simple version of the song for any novice person to beable to play. Enjoy.
Chords: G5: E|3 Csus4: E|3 Em7:
D5: E|3 G: E|1 Am: E|0 C:
D: E|2
B|3 B|3 B|3 B|3
B|1 B|1 B|3
x= dont G|0 G|0 G|0 G|2 G|0 G|2 G|0 G|2
play D|0 D|2 D|2 D|0 D|0 D|2 D|2 D|0
string A|2 A|3 A|2 A|x A|2 A|0 A|3 A|x
E|3 E|x E|0 E|x
E|x E|x E|x
[Intro:] *You can also use Nuzza's version:
(http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/r/rise_against/diaspora_intro_tab.htm)
e|-3-22-33-22-33-22-33-22--------------|
B|-5-55-55-55-55-55-55-55--------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
[Verse 1:]
*You can strum this or use the chords.
e|33-22-33-22-33-22-33-22-33-22-33-22-33-22--------------------------------|
B|55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-5555------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------44-4444------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
or
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.
[Verse 2:]
Before we packed our bags and we 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, ddoowwnn..
[Filler:]
e|-3-22-33-22-33-22-33-22--------------|
B|-5-55-55-55-55-55-55-55--------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
[Verse 3:]
We are the angry and the desperate,
The hungary and the cold.
We are the one's who kept crying,
And always did what we were told.
[Verse 4:]
But we've sweaty when you slept so cold,
In the safety of your home.
We've been pulling out the nails that holds 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, ddoowwnn..
[Bridge:]
So open your eyes, so lets be on our way,
Broken windows and ashes guiding the way.
Keep crying no longer we'll sing through the day,
The lives that we've lost, the lives we've reclaimed.
[Solo:]
*****Haven't tabbed it yet*******
[Filler:]
e|-3-22-33-22-33-22-33-22--------------|
B|-5-55-55-55-55-55-55-55--------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
[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.
****Little mock-chorus at the end but same chords as chorus above.
The End
***For acoustic, verses 2 & 4 can be played with G/C/D/C instead of G5/Csus/D5/Csus to a
distorted sound.
**Special Thanks to Nuzza for the intro struming bit.
*And if anyone has any suggestions, well too bad, make ur own tab, it was a b*tch to do
for this. And by the way this is the exact same song as diaspora which was mislabeled on
of the albums, so i did this for both.