Prayer Of The Refugee Chords

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Prayer Of The Refugee by Rise Against is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Artist : Rise Against 
Song : Prayer Of The Refugee 
Album : The Sufferer and The Witness 
Tuning : Drop D 
Tabbed By : Dylan Duquette 

x = lightly touch strings with fingertips 
. = palm muted 
/ = slide up 
\ = slide down 

Intro/Verse ( rhythm ) 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-7-66-------------|-7-66---------|-| 
|-8-88-|X11|-88-88-|-8-88-|X11|88-|-| 
|------------88-88-|-----------88-|-| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 

( lead ) 
|---------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------| 
|-------4-44-46-66-6------------4-44-4--------| 
|-1-11-12-22-24-44-46-66-61-11-12-22-24-44-41-| 
|-1-11-1------------6-66-61-11-1------4-44-41-| 

Chorus ( rhythm ) 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------6666666666666666-4444444444444444|  X2 
|-1111111111111111-4444444444444444-4444444444444444-2222222222222222| 
|-1111111111111111-4444444444444444----------------------------------| 
                                                                                          
                                                 
( lead ) 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|-8-6/8-6/8-6/10-10-|--|-13-11-10-11-|----------------8--| 
|-x-x/x-x/x-x/-x--x-|X3|--x--x--x--x-|All X2-End with x--| 
|-6-4/6-4/6-4/-8--8-|--|-11--9--8--9-|----------------6--| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
                                                                                          
       
Verse 2 ( rhythm ) 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-7-66-------------|-7-66---------|-| 
|-8-88-|X11|-88-88-|-8-88-|X11|88-|-| 
|------------88-88-|-----------88-|-| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 

( lead ) 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-6/8-----11-13-15\8------4-6-3---------------------------------------------| 
|-x/x------x--x--x\x------x-x-x-------4-44-46-66-6------------4-44-4--------| 
|-4/6------9-11-13\6------2-4-1-1-11-12-22-24-44-46-66-61-11-12-22-24-44-41-| 
|-------------------------------1-11-1------------6-66-61-11-1------4-44-41-| 
                  
Chorus ( rhythm ) 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------6666666666666666-4444444444444444-|  X2 
|-1111111111111111-4444444444444444-4444444444444444-2222222222222222-| 
|-1111111111111111-4444444444444444-----------------------------------| 

( lead ) 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|-8-6/8-6/8-6/10-10-|--|-13-11-10-11-|-------| 
|-x-x/x-x/x-x/-x--x-|X3|--x--x--x--x-|All X2-| 
|-6-4/6-4/6-4/-8--8-|--|-11--9--8--9-|-------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 


Interlude ( rhythm ) 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-6-6666-4-4444-6-6666-4-4444-6-6666-4-4444-2-2222-1-1111--------| 
|-6-6666-4-4444-6-6666-4-4444-6-6666-4-4444-2-2222-1-1111--------| 
    ....   ....   ....   ....       

( lead ) 
|----------------------------| 
|----------------------------| 
|-8--6--8--11/6--8--6--4--3--| 
|-x--x--x---x/x--x--x--x--x--| 
|-6--4--6---9/4--6--4--2--1--| 
|----------------------------| 

Pre Solo ( rhythm ) 
|--------------| 
|--------------| 
|--------------| 
|-4444444---66-| 
|-2222222-4-44-| 
|---------4----| 

( lead ) 
|---------------| 
|---------------| 
|-8888888-11-88-| 
|-xxxxxxx--x-xx-| 
|-6666666--9-66-| 
|---------------| 

Solo ( rhythm ) 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------6666666666666666-4444444444444444-|  X2 
|-1111111111111111-4444444444444444-4444444444444444-2222222222222222-| 
|-1111111111111111-4444444444444444-----------------------------------| 

( lead ) 
|---------------------| 
|---------------------| 
|-8-10-11-|    |-8-6--| 
|-x--x--x-| X3 |-x-x--| 
|-6--8--9-|    |-6-4--| 
|---------------------| 

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-15--11--15-16-15-13-15--11--15-16-15-13-13-13--13--13-13-11-15--15--15--15----| 
|--x---x---x--x--x--x--x---x---x--x--x--x--x--x---x---x--x--x--x---x---x---x----| 
|-13---9--13-14-13-11-13---9--13-14-13-11-11-11--11--11-11--9-13--13--13--13----| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
                                                                            
Fill ( rhythm ) 
|--------------------| 
|-7-66-77-66-77-66---| 
|-8-88-88-88-88-88-8-| 
|------------------8-| 
|--------------------| 
|--------------------| 

( lead ) 
|--------------------| 
|--------------------| 
|--------------------| 
|--------------------| 
|------------------1-| 
|------------------1-| 
Chorus ( rhythm ) 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------6666666666666666-4444444444444444-X2-| 
|-1111111111111111-4444444444444444-4444444444444444-2222222222222222----| 
|-1111111111111111-4444444444444444--------------------------------------| 

( lead ) 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 
|-8-6/8-6/8-6/10-10-|--|-13-11-10-11-|-------| 
|-x-x/x-x/x-x/-x--x-|X3|--x--x--x--x-|All X2-| 
|-6-4/6-4/6-4/-8--8-|--|-11--9--8--9-|-------| 
|--------------------------------------------| 

Outro ( rhythm ) 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------66-666-66-666-44-444-44-444-------------66666-44444-| 
|-11-111-11-111-44-444-44-444-44-444-44-444-22-222-22-222-11111-44444-44444-222221| 
|-11-111-11-111-44-444-44-444-----------------------------11111-44444------------1| 
                                                                                          
                                     
( lead ) 
|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------66-666-66-666-44-444-44-444-| 
|-11-111-11-111-44-444-44-444-44-444-44-444-22-222-22-222-| 
|-11-111-11-111-44-444-44-444-----------------------------| 

|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 
|-8-6/8-6/8-6/10-10-|--|-13-11-10-11-|----------------8--| 
|-x-x/x-x/x-x/-x--x-|X3|--x--x--x--x-|All X2-End with x--| 
|-6-4/6-4/6-4/-8--8-|--|-11--9--8--9-|----------------6--| 
|--------------------------------------------------------| 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

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