Prayer of The Refugee Chords

Capo: 6th fret
No capo: F#

[Intro]
 
Am       Asus2   
x4

 
[Verse 1]
 
Am                   F
Warm yourself by the fire, son
          G               D
And the morning will come soon.
Am                          F
I’ll tell you stories of a better time,
        G               Am
In a place that we once knew.
 
Am
Before we packed our bags
     F              G              D
And left all this behind us in the dust,
Am                           F
We had a place that we could call home,
        G               Am
And a life no one could touch.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
              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, 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                      F ~
You will let me down, down, down!       Down!
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Am                          F
We are the angry and the desperate
      G                     D
The hungry, and the cold,
Am                        F
We are the ones who kept quiet,
            G               Am
And always did what we were told.
Am                                 F
But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm,
        G              D
In the safety of your home.
Am                          F
We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up
G                  Am
Everything you’re known.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
              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, 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, down, down!
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Dm           C
So open your eyes child,
                Dm
Let’s be on our way.
                    C
Broken windows and ashes
                Dm
Are guiding the way.
                C
Keep quiet no longer,
                        A#
We’ll sing through the day,
                        Am
Of the lives that we’ve lost,
                        F       C   G
And the lives we’ve reclaimed.
 
Go!
 
 
[Solo]
 
 
[Chorus]
 
              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, 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, down, down!
 
 
[Outro]
 
Am                 C
Don’t hold me up…
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
G
Don’t hold me up…
(I don’t need your help)
F
No! No! No!
 
Am                 C
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
G
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
              F                      Am
Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down!