Refugee tab by Tom Petty
Guitar Tab
REFUGEE As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (From the 1979 Album DAMN THE TORPEDOES) Words and Music by Tom Petty & Mike Campbell Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Campbell - Electric Guitar ' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Tom Petty - Acoustic Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Campbell - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=116 F#m A5 E F#m A5 4/4 Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.) Q H +E E +H H Q H +E E | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / /
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Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
Q Q +E E E E +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)--------|
|-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)--------|
|-2--2--(2)------2-|-(2)--2---1----|-2--2--(2)------2-|
|-4--4--(4)------2-|-(2)--2---2----|-4--4--(4)------2-|
|-4--4--(4)------0-|-(0)--0---2----|-4--4--(4)------0-|
|-2--2--(2)-2--4---|--------0-0----|-2--2--(2)-2--4---|
E F#m A5 E F#m A5
Gtr II
+H H Q H +E E +H H Q H +E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
W H. E E +Q. E +Q Q H. E E
|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------1-2-|-(2)----4b6r(4)-----|---------------1-2--|
|---------------|-4-----------------|-----------------2--|-4------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|----------0----|-2---2--(2)--------|-------------0------|-2---2--(2)---------|
|----------0----|-2---2--(2)--------|-------------0------|-2---2--(2)---------|
|-(2)--2---1----|-2---2--(2)------2-|-(2)--2------1------|-2---2--(2)------2--|
|-(2)--2---2----|-4---4--(4)------2-|-(2)--2------2------|-4---4--(4)------2--|
|-(0)--0---2----|-4---4--(4)------0-|-(0)--0------2------|-4---4--(4)------0--|
|--------0-0----|-2---2--(2)-2--4---|--------0----0------|-2---2--(2)-2--4----|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
F#m A EVII F#m(type 2)
Gtrs I, II
+H H H.. E +H Q Q W
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
+Q E E E E E a E W W W
|----------------2-----||---2-----------|-(2)----------|------|
|--------------2---5s7-||o-(7)----------|-(7)----------|------|
|-(2)--4-2-4b6---------||---------------|--------------|------|
|----------------------||---------------|--------------|------|
|----------------------||o--------------|--------------|------|
|----------------------||---------------|--------------|------|
|
| +Q E E H W W W
|----------0-----------||---------------|--------------|------|
|----------0-----------||o--------------|--------------|------|
|-(2)--2---1-----------||---------------|--------------|------|
|-(2)--2---2-----------||---------------|--------------|------|
|-(0)--0---2-----------||o--------------|--------------|------|
|--------0-0-----------||---------------|--------------|------|
EVII F#m A EVII F#m(type 2) A
H Q Q H.. E +H Q Q H.. E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
H E E E E +W W H E E E E
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------5s7s5s7-|-(7)----------|-------------|-----------------|
|------4s6s4s6-|-(6)----------|-------------|--------------2--|
|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------2-4----|
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------|
Esus4 D B
H Q Q W +W W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
E +E E E +H W W W
|---------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|---------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|-4b6r(4)-2-4-(4)-----|----------|-----------|------|
|---------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|---------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|---------------------|----------|-----------|------|
Chorus
To Coda
F#m A5 E F#m A5
Gtr II
+W Q H +E E +H H Q H +E E
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
|-----------||------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------||------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------||------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------||------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------||------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------||------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W Q Q +E E E E +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|-----------||-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)---------|
|-----------||-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)---------|
|-----------||-2--2--(2)------2-|-(2)--2---1----|-2--2--(2)------2--|
|-----------||-4--4--(4)------2-|-(2)--2---2----|-4--4--(4)------2--|
|-----------||-4--4--(4)------0-|-(0)--0---2----|-4--4--(4)------0--|
|-----------||-2--2--(2)-2--4---|--------0-0----|-2--2--(2)-2--4----|
1. 2.
E E
+H H +H H
| | | |
/ / / /
H E E E a E W
|--------------2------||--------------|
|------------2---5s7-o||--------------|
|----------4----------||--------------|
|---------------------||--------------|
|--------------------o||--------------|
|---------------------||--------------|
|
| +Q E E H Q E E H
|----------0----------||---------0----|
|----------0---------o||---------0----|
|-(2)--2---1----------||--2--2---1----|
|-(2)--2---2----------||--2--2---2----|
|-(0)--0---2---------o||--0--0---2----|
|--------0-0----------||-------0-0----|
F#m A5 E F#m A5
Q H +E E +H H Q H +E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
W W W
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|
| Q Q +E E E E +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)---------|
|-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)---------|
|-2--2--(2)------2-|-(2)--2---1----|-2--2--(2)------2--|
|-4--4--(4)------2-|-(2)--2---2----|-4--4--(4)------2--|
|-4--4--(4)------0-|-(0)--0---2----|-4--4--(4)------0--|
|-2--2--(2)-2--4---|--------0-0----|-2--2--(2)-2--4----|
Bridge
E E A5
Gtr II Gtrs I, II
+H H W +W W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
Gtr I Gtr III
+Q E E H W Q +E E +E E Q W
|----------0----||----------|--------------------------|------|
|----------0----||----------|-12b14r=(12)-10-(10)-9----|------|
|-(2)--2---1----||----------|-----------------------9--|------|
|-(2)--2---2----||----------|--------------------------|------|
|-(0)--0---2----||----------|--------------------------|------|
|--------0-0----||----------|--------------------------|------|
D E
+W W +W W
| | | |
/ / / /
Q +E E +E E Q W Q +E E +E E Q W
|-----------------------|-10--------|------------------------|-12----|
|-----------------------|-10--------|-10b12r=(10)-8-(8)-7----|-12----|
|--9b11r=(9)-7-(7)-6----|-----------|---------------------7--|-------|
|--------------------7--|-----------|------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------|-------|
|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------|-------|
Guitar Solo
F#m A5 E F#m A5
Q Q E E E E Q H +E E +H H Q H +E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
W Q Q +E E E E +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|-12-------------||-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)---------|
|-12-------------||-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)---------|
|----------------||-2--2--(2)------2-|-(2)--2---1----|-2--2--(2)------2--|
|----------------||-4--4--(4)------2-|-(2)--2---2----|-4--4--(4)------2--|
|----------------||-4--4--(4)------0-|-(0)--0---2----|-4--4--(4)------0--|
|----------------||-2--2--(2)-2--4---|--------0-0----|-2--2--(2)-2--4----|
E F#m A5
+H H Q H +E E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
Gtr III
H E E E E E E Q +E E E E
|----------------------|-2---2--(2)s4--4s5-|
|----------------2-5b7-|---5---------------|
|------------4b6-------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|----------0-----------|-2---2--(2)--------|
|----------0-----------|-2---2--(2)--------|
|-(2)--2---1-----------|-2---2--(2)------2-|
|-(2)--2---2-----------|-4---4--(4)------2-|
|-(0)--0---2-----------|-4---4--(4)------0-|
|--------0-0-----------|-2---2--(2)-2--4---|
E F#m A5
+H H Q H +E E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
~~~~~
E E E E E E E E H. Q
|--5s=7-7s9-9s12-12s9-|-12b14-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|-----------0---------|--2-----2--(2)---------|
|-----------0---------|--2-----2--(2)---------|
|-(2)---2---1---------|--2-----2--(2)------2--|
|-(2)---2---2---------|--4-----4--(4)------2--|
|-(0)---0---2---------|--4-----4--(4)------0--|
|---------0-0---------|--2-----2--(2)-2--4----|
D.S. al Coda &
E E
+H H +H H
| | | |
/ / / /
|---3---| |-3-|
E +E E E E E E E E a E W
|-----------------------------||------------||
|-----------------------------||------------||
|--4b6r(4)p2------------------||------------||
|------------4-2---------2h4--||------------||
|----------------4s2p0--------||------------||
|----------------------2------||------------||
|
| +Q E E H W
|----------------0------------||------------||
|----------------0------------||------------||
|-(2)--------2---1------------||------------||
|-(2)--------2---2------------||------------||
|-(0)--------0---2------------||------------||
|--------------0-0------------||------------||
Outro
F#m A5 E F#m A5
Q H +E E +H H Q H +E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
W W W
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|
| Q Q +E E E E +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)---------|
|-2--2--(2)--------|----------0----|-2--2--(2)---------|
|-2--2--(2)------2-|-(2)--2---1----|-2--2--(2)------2--|
|-4--4--(4)------2-|-(2)--2---2----|-4--4--(4)------2--|
|-4--4--(4)------0-|-(0)--0---2----|-4--4--(4)------0--|
|-2--2--(2)-2--4---|--------0-0----|-2--2--(2)-2--4----|
E F#m A5
+H H Q H +E E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W Q Q E E E E
|---------------|-----------------2-----|
|---------------|------2-------2--------|
|---------------|-4b6------4b6------4b6-|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|----------0----|-2----2--(2)-----------|
|----------0----|-2----2--(2)-----------|
|-(2)--2---1----|-2----2--(2)-------2---|
|-(2)--2---2----|-4----4--(4)-------2---|
|-(0)--0---2----|-4----4--(4)-------0---|
|--------0-0----|-2----2--(2)--2--4-----|
E F#m A5
+H H Q H +E E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
|----3----|
+Q E +E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-12--10-10-12--|
|-(4)--4b6r(4)p==2-4-2----|--9--9--9--9-11---9--9-11--|
|----------------------4--|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|------------------0------|--2-----2----(2)-----------|
|------------------0------|--2-----2----(2)-----------|
|-(2)--2-----------1------|--2-----2----(2)--------2--|
|-(2)--2-----------2------|--4-----4----(4)--------2--|
|-(0)--0-----------2------|--4-----4----(4)--------0--|
|--------------0---0------|--2-----2----(2)--2--4-----|
E F#m A5
+H H Q H +E E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
E E E E E E E E Q H E E
|--------------------------|-14------------------|
|-12--14-14-17-17-17-17-14-|-17--14-----------17-|
|-11--14-14----------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|---------------0----------|--2---2--(2)---------|
|---------------0----------|--2---2--(2)---------|
|-(2)-----2-----1----------|--2---2--(2)-------2-|
|-(2)-----2-----2----------|--4---4--(4)-------2-|
|-(0)-----0-----2----------|--4---4--(4)-------0-|
|------------0--0----------|--2---2--(2)-2--4----|
E F#m A5
+H H Q H +E E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
Q H E E E E E E E E E E
|-14---14-----------|-14-14-14-14-14--14-14-14--|
|-17---14--------17-|-14-14-14-14-14--14-14-14--|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|-----------0-------|--2-----2----(2)-----------|
|-----------0-------|--2-----2----(2)-----------|
|-(2)---2---1-------|--2-----2----(2)--------2--|
|-(2)---2---2-------|--4-----4----(4)--------2--|
|-(0)---0---2-------|--4-----4----(4)--------0--|
|---------0-0-------|--2-----2----(2)--2--4-----|
E F#m A5
+H H Q H +E E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E
|-14--14-14-14-14-14-14-------|-----------------14-----14-14-------|
|-14--14-14-14-14-14-14-17b19-|-(17)-17b19-(17)----17-----14-17b19-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|---------------0-------------|---2----------2-----(2)-------------|
|---------------0-------------|---2----------2-----(2)-------------|
|-(2)-----2-----1-------------|---2----------2-----(2)--------2----|
|-(2)-----2-----2-------------|---4----------4-----(4)--------2----|
|-(0)-----0-----2-------------|---4----------4-----(4)--------0----|
|------------0--0-------------|---2----------2-----(2)--2--4-------|
E F#m A5
+H H Q H +E E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
+Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E Q
|-----------------------------|--------14------------14----------|
|-(17)--17b19---17b19--17b19--|-17b19-----17b19-(17)----17b19----|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E
|----------------0------------|--2------2--------(2)-------------|
|----------------0------------|--2------2--------(2)-------------|
|--(2)---2-------1------------|--2------2--------(2)----------2--|
|--(2)---2-------2------------|--4------4--------(4)----------2--|
|--(0)---0-------2------------|--4------4--------(4)----------0--|
|-------------0--0------------|--2------2--------(2)--2--4-------|
E F#m A5 E
+H H Q H +E E +H H
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E E +E E Q Q W +W
|-14-------------14---------------|-----------------------|-----------------*|
|-----17b19-(17)----17b19--17b19--|-17b19=================|=(17)r-----------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------*|
|
| +Q E E H Q Q +E E E E +Q E E H
|--------------------0------------|--2------2--(2)--------|------------0----*|
|--------------------0------------|--2------2--(2)--------|------------0----*|
|-(2)---------2------1------------|--2------2--(2)------2-|--(2)---2---1----*|
|-(2)---------2------2------------|--4------4--(4)------2-|--(2)---2---2----*|
|-(0)---------0------2------------|--4------4--(4)------0-|--(0)---0---2----*|
|-----------------0--0------------|--2------2--(2)-2--4---|----------0-0----*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths Last updated:
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