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
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|-----------------------------------------------------|
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
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|-----------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rise_against/prayer_of_the_refugee_acoustic_tab.html ]
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
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|-------------------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE Csus4
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
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 <--(Chords are muted every fourth Don’t hold me
sixteenth note.)
D5 Csus4
Don’t hold me up..... No, no, no,
Em7 G <--(Resume normal strumming.)
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
