5 Chords used in the song: G, F, D, Em, C
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Transpose chords:
G F D G F D G F D G F D G F
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..
G F D G F D G F D G F D G F
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.
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You would have to tune a half step down for this to be right. The band plays in Eb.
01 Jun 2012
UkesFather
(America)
the C sounds a bit off but I could just be wrong.
And everything else sounds great - older rise against is so much better than new.
And everything else sounds great - older rise against is so much better than new.
04 Jul 2011
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About this song: Prayer Of The Refugee
"Prayer of the Refugee" is one of the most popular songs by American rock group Rise Against, released worldwide in 2006 on the band's album The Sufferer and the Witness. The song was originally titled "Diaspora" and early copies of The Sufferer and the Witness used that title. The song reached #7 on Billboard alternative rock chart. It was Rise Against's first single to reach the top 10 since Swing Life Away.