• Song:

    Prayer Of The Refugee

  • Artist:

    Rise Against

  • Album:

    Prayer of the Refugee

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  Csus: 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

G5 (355xxx@1)                 CsusWarm (x33010@1)yourself by the fire son,
D5 (xx023x@1)                      CsusAnd (x33010@1)the morning will come soon.
G5 (355xxx@1)                       CsusI'll (x33010@1)tell you stories of a better time,
D5 (xx023x@1)                    CsusIn (x33010@1)a place that we once knew.


[Verse 2:]
G5 (355xxx@1)                             CsusBefore (x33010@1)we packed our bags and we left all this
D5 (xx023x@1)             Csusbehind (x33010@1)us in the dust,
G5 (355xxx@1)                         CsusWe (x33010@1)had a place that we could call home
      D5 (xx023x@1)              CsusAnd (x33010@1)a life no-one could touch.


[Chorus:]
EmDon't (022000@1)hold me up now,
GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground
DI (xx0232@1)don't need your help now,
CYou (x32010@1)won't let me down, down, down.
EmDon't (022000@1)hold me up now,
GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground
DI (xx0232@1)don't need your help now,
CYou (x32010@1)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:]
G5 (355xxx@1)                     CsusWe (x33010@1)are the angry and the desperate,
    D5 (xx023x@1)            CsusThe (x33010@1)hungary and the cold.
G5 (355xxx@1)                      CsusWe (x33010@1)are the one's who kept crying,
    D5 (xx023x@1)                    CsusAnd (x33010@1)always did what we were told.


[Verse 4:]
G5 (355xxx@1)                      CsusBut (x33010@1)we've sweaty when you slept so cold,
       D5 (xx023x@1)           CsusIn (x33010@1)the safety of your home.
G5 (355xxx@1)                       CsusWe've (x33010@1)been pulling out the nails that holds up,
D5 (xx023x@1)              CsusEverything (x33010@1)you've known.

[Chorus:]
EmDon't (022000@1)hold me up now,
GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground
DI (xx0232@1)don't need your help now,
CYou (x32010@1)won't let me down, down, down.
EmDon't (022000@1)hold me up now,
GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground
DI (xx0232@1)don't need your help now,
CYou (x32010@1)won't let me down, down, down, ddoowwnn..

[Bridge:]
Csus (x33010@1)       D5 (xx023x@1)                    CsusSo (x33010@1)open your eyes, so lets be on our way,
Csus (x33010@1)             D5 (xx023x@1)              CsusBroken (x33010@1)windows and ashes guiding the way.
Csus (x33010@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)                          CsusKeep (x33010@1)crying no longer we'll sing through the day,
Csus (x33010@1)               Em7                     D5The (xx023x@1)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:]
EmDon't (022000@1)hold me up now,
GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground
DI (xx0232@1)don't need your help now,
CYou (x32010@1)won't let me down, down, down.
EmDon't (022000@1)hold me up now,
GI (320003@1)can stand my own ground
DI (xx0232@1)don't need your help now,
CYou (x32010@1)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.

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