Prayer of the Refugee

[Intro]
Cm


[Verse]
Cm                  G#
Warm yourself by the fire, son
        A#                 F
And the morning will come soon.
Cm                       G#  
I’ll tell you stories

of a better time,
     A#                  Cm
In a place that we once knew.
Cm
Before we packed our bags
    G#             
  And left all this
  A#                F
behind us in the dust,
Cm                  
  We had a place that
          G#
we could call home,
      A#                 Cm
And a life no one could touch.


[Chorus]
              Cm
Don’t hold me up now,
               D#
I can stand my own ground,
                  A#
I don’t need your help now,
                G#
You will let me down, down, down!
              Cm
Don’t hold me up now,
               D#
I can stand my own ground,
                  A#
I don’t need your help now,
                G#     
  You will let me down,
             G#~
down, down! down!


[Interlude]
Cm


[Verse]
Cm                      G#
We are the angry and the desperate
    A#               F
The hungry, and the cold,
Cm                       G#
We are the ones who kept quiet,
        A#                  Cm
And always did what we were told.
Cm                            
  But we’ve been sweating
     G#
while you slept so calm,
       A#              F
In the safety of your home.
Cm                       
  We’ve been pulling
   G#
out the nails that hold up
A#                 Cm
Everything you’re known.


[Chorus]
              Cm
Don’t hold me up now,
               D#
I can stand my own ground,
                  A#
I don’t need your help now,
                G#
You will let me down, down, down!
              Cm
Don’t hold me up now,
               D#
I can stand my own ground,
                  A#
I don’t need your help now,
                G#
You will let me down, down, down!


[Bridge]
Fm           D#
So open your eyes child,
                Fm
Let’s be on our way.
                   D#
Broken windows and ashes
                Fm
Are guiding the way.
              D#
Keep quiet no longer,
                       C#
We’ll sing through the day,
                  
  Of the lives that
       Cm
we’ve lost,
                      G#   
  And the lives we’ve
      D#  A#
reclaimed.

Go!


[Solo]
Cm D# A# G#
Cm  D#  A#  G#  G#~


[Interlude]
Cm


[Chorus]
              Cm
Don’t hold me up now,
               D#
I can stand my own ground,
                  A#
I don’t need your help now,
                G#
You will let me down, down, down!
              Cm
Don’t hold me up now,
               D#
I can stand my own ground,
                  A#
I don’t need your help now,
                G#
You will let me down, down, down!


[Outro]
Cm
Don’t hold me up
                   D#  
(I don’t need your help,

I’ll stand my ground)
              A#
Don’t hold me up

(I don’t need your help)
G#
No! No! No!
              Cm
Don’t hold me up!
                   D#  
(I don’t need your help,

I’ll stand my ground)
              A#
Don’t hold me up!

(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
           G#             
  Don’t let me down,
           Cm~
down, down, down, down!