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|-----------------------------------------------------|

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