U2

Refugee(Tabs)

U2

Key: C

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	        I should mention this sounds best on a guitar tuned down half a step,  
with a lot of nice, clean, Edge distortion and some small echo or  
reverb.  My crap Venom amp works great for this song. 
 
Chords:  C (3), B, C 
C (3): 3 3 5 5 5 3 
B:     1 1 3 3 3 1 
C:     x 3 2 0 1 0 
 
There are 'power-chord' versions of C and B here, too, used in the  
verse.  I'll call it Riff 1 for the hell of it. 
 
                (C)                               (B) 
Riff 1:  1 1 3 x x x   slide up to 3 3 5 x x x  
 
      (C)	         (Play parentheses palm-muted, then hit the  
chords and slide) 
E-x------------------------------------------ 
B-x------------------------------------------ 
G-x------------------------------------------ 
D--3->5--------------(3)-(3)-(3)-3->5---------      
A--1->3--------------(1)-(1)-(1)-1->3--------- 
E --1->3--------------(1)-(1)-(1)-1->3--------- 
 
It's MUCH easier than I make it sound... listen to the disc (get the  
UltraDisc version! :>) 
Got it?  Play it at the verses, where I've indicated R1. 
 
Bridge: 
 
         (C)          (C)    (B)     (C) 
E---------------------------------- 
B--5-----5--5-5->3-3-->1---------- 
G-----5-----5-5->3-3---0---------- 
D-----------5-5->3-3-->2---------- 
A----------------------3---------- 
E--------------------------------- 
 
	Easy, just play the barred C chord arpeggiated, hit the chord,  
slide down to B, hit it twice, then quickly switch to the regular C  
chord.  I wish I could make it sound as simple on paper as it really is... 
 
Here's the lyrics and the chords to go with them.  * chords mean you  
don't have to play them if you don't want to, it sounds good either way.   
The album is w/out them. 
 
The Refugee 
 
(nc) 
Oh oh 
 
She's the refugee 
 
I see your face 
 
I see you staring back at me 
 
Oh oh 
 
She's the refugee 
 
Her mama say one day 
                                      (R1) 
She's gonna live in America 
 
*(C) 
In the morning 
*(B) 
She is waiting 
*(C) 
Waiting for the ship to sail 
*(B) 
Sail away 
(R1) 
Oh oh 
         (R1) 
Her papa go to war 
           (R1) 
He gonna fight 
 
But he don't know what for 
     (R1) 
Oh oh 
          (R1) 
Her papa go to war 
 
Her mama say one day 
 
He's gonna come back from far away 
 
(DRUM SOLO!!!!) 
 
Help me 
 
How can you help me? 
*(C) 
In the evening 
*(B) 
She is waiting 
*(C) 
Waiting for her man to come 
*(B) 
And take her by her hand 
*(C) 
And take her to this promise land 
   (R1) 
Oh oh 
 
She's a pretty face 
(R1) 
Born at the wrong time 
 
In the wrong place 
   (R1) 
Oh oh 
 
She's a pretty face 
   (R1) 
Her mama say one day 
 
She's gonna live in America 
 
Yeah, America 
 
Oh oh 
 
She's a refugee 
 
She's coming down 
 
She come and keep you company 
 
Oh oh 
 
She's a refugee 
 
Her mama say one day 
 
She's gonna live in America 
 
 
Outro continues the same... 

	        

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