Prayer Of The Refugee chords by Rise Against

Key:           C

Intro: G F D G F D G F D G F D G F

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

Verse 2:
    Em   C
    Before we packed our bags and  left all this
    D    Em
    behind us in the    dust,
    Em   C
    We had a place that we could  call home
    D    Em
    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, dowwwwwwn..

(G F D G F D G F D G F D G F)

Verse 3:
    Em   C
    We are the angry and the desperate,
    G    D
    The hungry and the cold.
    Em    C
     We are the one's who kept quiet,
           G Em
    And always did what we were told.

Verse 4:
    Em   C
    But we've been sweaty when you slept so calm,
    D    Em
    In the safety of your home.
    Em   C
    We've been pulling out the nails that hold up,
    D     Em
    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, dowwwwwwn..


      Em     D       C        Em
    So open your eyes, child lets be on our way,
     Em        G     C        Em
    Broken windows and ashes are guiding the way.
    Em   G        D   Em
    Keep quiet no longer we'll sing through the   day,
    Em   C       G    Em
    The lives that we've lost, the lives we've re claimed.

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