Prayer of the Refugee (Acoustic) As Performed by Rise Against Tabbed by ssjEasterBunny Send any questions or feedback my way--> ssjEasterBunny@hotmail.com. 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 (320003@1) Csus4Warm (x33010@1)yourself by the fire son, D5 (xx023x@1) Csus4And (x33010@1)the morning will come soon. G (320003@1) Csus4I'll (x33010@1)tell you stories of a better time, D5 (xx023x@1) Csus4In (x33010@1)a place that we once knew. G (320003@1) Csus4Before (x33010@1)we packed our bags and left all this, D5 (xx023x@1) Csus4Behind (x33010@1)us in the dust, G (320003@1) Csus4We (x33010@1)had a place that we could call home, D5 (xx023x@1) Csus4And (x33010@1)a life no one could touch. CHORUS Em7 Don't hold me up now, GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground D5I (xx023x@1)don't need your help now, Csus4You (x33010@1)won't let me down, down, down, Em7 Don't hold me up now, GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground D5I (xx023x@1)don't need your help now, Csus4You (x33010@1)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 (320003@1) Csus4We (x33010@1)are the angry and the desperate, D5 (xx023x@1) Csus4The (x33010@1)hungry and the cold. G (320003@1) Csus4We (x33010@1)are the ones who kept quiet, D5 (xx023x@1) Csus4And (x33010@1)always did what we were told. G (320003@1) Csus4But (x33010@1)we've been sweating while you slept so calm, D5 (xx023x@1) Csus4In (x33010@1)the safety of your home. G (320003@1) Csus4We've (x33010@1)been pulling out the nails that hold up, D5 (xx023x@1) Csus4Everything (x33010@1)you've known. CHORUS Em7 Don't hold me up now, GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground D5I (xx023x@1)don't need your help now, Csus4You (x33010@1)won't let me down, down, down, Em7 Don't hold me up now, GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground D5I (xx023x@1)don't need your help now, Csus4 (x33010@1) AmYou (x02210@1)won't let me down, down, down... BRIDGE I (Am) G (320003@1) AmSo (x02210@1)open your eyes child, let's be on our way, G (320003@1) AmBroken (x02210@1)windows and ashes are guiding the way. G (320003@1) F/CKeep (133211@1)quiet no longer, we'll sing through the day, Em (022000@1) Csus4 (x33010@1) G5 (355xxx@1) D5Of (xx023x@1)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 EEb|-------------------------------------------------| (022100@1)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 Csus4Eb|-------------------x----| (x33010@1)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, GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground D5I (xx023x@1)don't need your help now, Csus4You (x33010@1)won't let me down, down, down, Em7 Don't hold me up now, GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground D5I (xx023x@1)don't need your help now, Csus4You (x33010@1)won't let me down, down, down, Em7 G (320003@1) sixteenth note.) D5 (xx023x@1) Csus4Don't (x33010@1)hold me up..... No, no, no, Em7 G (320003@1) Don't hold me up..... D5Don't (xx023x@1)hold me up..... Csus4 (x33010@1) Em7 Don't let me down, down, down, down, down. Duration Legend ---------------- H = whole note Q = quarter note E = eighth note S = sixteenth note T = thirty-second note