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

G5                   Csus4
Warm yourself by the fire son,
D5                        Csus4
And the morning will come soon.
G5                         Csus4
I'll tell you stories of a better time,
D5                      Csus4
In a place that we once knew.


[Verse 2:]
G5                               Csus4
Before we packed our bags and we left all this
D5               Csus4
behind us in the dust,
G5                           Csus4
We had a place that we could call home
      D5                Csus4
And a life no-one could touch.


[Chorus:]
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down.
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
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:]
G5                       Csus4
We are the angry and the desperate,
    D5              Csus4
The hungary and the cold.
G5                        Csus4
We are the one's who kept crying,
    D5                      Csus4
And always did what we were told.


[Verse 4:]
G5                        Csus4
But we've sweaty when you slept so cold,
       D5             Csus4
In the safety of your home.
G5                         Csus4
We've been pulling out the nails that holds up,
D5                Csus4
Everything you've known.

[Chorus:]
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down.
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down, ddoowwnn..

[Bridge:]
Csus4         D5                      Csus4
So open your eyes, so lets be on our way,
Csus4               D5                Csus4
Broken windows and ashes guiding the way.
Csus4           D5                            Csus4
Keep crying no longer we'll sing through the day,
Csus4                 Em7                     D5
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:]
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down.
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
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.