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"The Refugee"
U2 (WAR, 1983)
tune down 1/2 step...
Chords: C, Bb, C
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 ..
I ..
I ..
Oh oh
She's ..
Her ...
(Riff A)
She's ..
(C)
In ..
(Bb)
She ..
(C)
Waiting ..
(B)
Sail ..
(Riff A)
Oh oh
(Riff A)
Her ..
(Riff A)
He ..
But ..
(Riff A)
Oh oh
(Riff A)
Her ..
Her ..
He's ..
Help ..
How ..
(C)
In ..
(Bb)
She ..
(C)
Waiting ..
(Bb)
And ..
(C)
And ..
(Riff A)
Oh oh
She's ..
(Riff A)
Born ..
In ..
(Riff A)
Oh oh
She's ..
(Riff A)
Her ..
She's ..
Yeah..
Oh oh
She's a ..
She's ..
She ..
Oh oh
She's ..
Her ..
She's ..
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