Prayer Of The Refugee Tab par Rise Against

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EmC
Warm yourself by thefire son,
GD
And the morning will comesoon.
EmC
I'll tell you stories of abetter time,
GEm
In a place that we onceknew.

Verse 2:
EmC
Before we packed our bags andleft all this
DEm
behind us in thedust,
EmC
We had a place that we couldcall home
DEm
And alife no-one couldtouch.

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..


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

Verse 4:
EmC
But we've been sweaty when you slept so calm,
DEm
        In the safety of your home.
EmC
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.
EmG               DEm
Keep quiet no longer we'll sing through theday,
EmC             GEm
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
You won't let me down, down, down.