Prayer Of The Refugee - Rise Against

Prayer Of The Refugee

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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Based off a 2020 facebook live show Tim did
video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38UWmbzt6Oo
 
Half-step down tuning
 
capo 3rd fret
 
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
 
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* = palm mute
~ = ring out

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