The Refugee
U2 Key
Dm
Scroll
3
C
: 3 3 5 5 5 3
Bb
: 1 1 3 3 3 1
C: x 3 2 0 1 0
C B
() ()
Riff A: 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--------------|
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...
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
A
(Riff )
She's gonna live in America
C
()
In the morning
Bb
()
She is waiting
C
()
Waiting for the ship to sail
B
()
Sail away
A
(Riff )
Oh oh
A
(Riff )
Her papa go to war
A
(Riff )
He gonna fight
But he don't know what for
A
(Riff )
Oh oh
A
(Riff )
Her papa go to war
Her mama say one day
He's gonna come back from far away
Help me
How can you help me?
C
()
In the evening
Bb
()
She is waiting
C
()
Waiting for her man to come
Bb
()
And take her by her hand
C
()
And take her to this promise land
A
(Riff )
Oh oh
She's a pretty face
A
(Riff )
Born at the wrong time
In the wrong place
A
(Riff )
Oh oh
She's a pretty face
A
(Riff )
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
Chords Used