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Refugee Tab by U2

Refugee tab by U2

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The Refugee

	U2 version, from "War" (1983)


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.
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                (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 ..

I ..
I ..

Oh ..

She's ..

Her ..
                                      (R1)
She's ..

*(C)
In ..
*(B)
She ..
*(C)
Waiting ..
*(B)
Sail ..
(R1)
Oh ..
         (R1)
Her ..
           (R1)
He ..

But ..
     (R1)
Oh ..
          (R1)
Her ..

Her ..

He's ..

(DRUM SOLO!!!!)

Help ..

How ..
*(C)
In ..
*(B)
She ..
*(C)
Waiting ..
*(B)
And ..
*(C)
And ..
   (R1)
Oh oh

She's ..
(R1)
Born ..

In ..
   (R1)
Oh oh

She's ..
   (R1)
Her ..

She's ..

Yeah..

Oh ..

She's ..

She's ..

She ..

Oh oh

She's ..

Her ...

She's ..

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