Rise Against – Prayer Of The Refugee (Guitar Live)

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Based off a 2020 facebook live show Tim did Half-step down tuning Am: 002210 F: 033210 C:032010 G: 320033 Gadd9: 32003x Dsus: x0023x A5: 133xxx A#5 :x133xx [Intro] Am Asus x4 [Verse]
Am                   F                Gadd9           Dsus
Warm yourself by the fire son and the morning will come soon

Am                          C                 Gadd9            Am
I’ll tell you stories of a better time in a place that we once knew

Am                            F              Gadd9          Dsus
Before we packed our bags and left all this behind us in the dust

Am                            C                Gadd9           Am
We had a place that we could call home and a life no one could touch
[Chorus]
              Am
Don’t hold me up now

                C
I can stand my own ground

                   Gadd9
I don’t need your help now

                 F
You will let me down, down, down

              Am
Don’t hold me up now

                C
I can stand my own ground

                   Gadd9
I don’t need your help now

                 F
You will let me down, down, down

 F
Down
[Post Chorus] Am Asus x4 [Verse]
Am                          C          Gadd9                  Dsus
We are the angry and the desperate, The hungry and the cold

Am                        C               Gadd9            Am
We are the ones who kept quiet and always did what we were told

Am*                                A5*
But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm

        G*            Dsus
In the safety of your home

Am*                             C                Gadd9               Am
And we’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up everything you’ve known
[Chorus]
              Am
Don’t hold me up now

                C
I can stand my own ground

                   Gadd9
I don’t need your help now

                 F
You will let me down, down, down

              Am
Don’t hold me up now

                C
I can stand my own ground

                   Gadd9
I don’t need your help now

                 F
You will let me down, down, down
[Bridge] Gadd9
    Dsus      C
So open your eyes child

                Dsus
Let’s be on our way

                    C
Broken windows and ashes

                Dsus
Are guiding the way

                C
Keep quiet no longer

                        A#5
We’ll sing through the day

                        Asus
Of the lives that we’ve lost

                        A#5     F   Gadd
And the lives we’ve reclaimed
[Interlude] Am | C | Gadd9 | F Am | C | G | F Am | Asus x4 Asus [Chorus/Outro]
              Am
Don’t hold me up now

                C
I can stand my own ground

                   Gadd9
I don’t need your help now

                 F
You will let me down, down, down

              Am
Don’t hold me up now

                C
I can stand my own ground

                   G
I don’t need your help now

                 F
You will let me down

F                Am
Don’t hold me up

Am                 C                   G
I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground

                   Dsus
I don’t need your help

             Am      C
Don’t hold me up

              G
Don’t hold me up

              F                      Am ~
Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down
----------------------- * = palm mute ~ = ring out