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Refugee
Artist:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Album:
Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
Music and lyrics by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
Added on Sunday, 13 April 2025
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Intro: 0:00 Em | G D - x4 Verse 1: 0:17 Em G We got something, we both know it, D Em | G D We don't talk too much about it. 0:25 Em G Ain't no real big secret, all the same, D Em | G D Somehow we get around it. Pre-chorus 1: 0:33 C Listen, it don't really matter to me. A/E Baby, you believe what you wanna believe. Chorus 1: 0:41 Em G You see you don't have to live D Like a refugee. Em (Don't have to live G D Like a refugee.) Verse 2: 0:50 Em G Somewhere, somehow, somebody D Em | G D Must have kicked you around some. 0:59 Em G Tell me why you wanna lay there, D Em | G D Revel in your abandon. Pre-chorus 2: 1:06 C Honey, it don't make no difference to me. A/E Baby, everybody's had to fight to be free. Chorus 2: 1:14 Em G You see you don't have to live D Like a refugee. Em (Don't have to live G D Like a refugee.) 1:22 Em G Now baby, you don't have to live D Like a refugee. Em (Don't have to live G D Like a refugee.) Oh! Bridge: 1:32 D Baby, we ain't the first. G I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned. 1:40 C Right now it seems real to you, but it's D One of those things you gotta feel to be true. Solo: 1:48 Em | G D - x4 Verse 3: 2:05 Em G Somewhere, somehow, somebody D Em | G D Must have kicked you around some. 2:13 Em G Who knows? Maybe you were kidnapped, tied up, D Em | G D Taken away and held for ransom. Pre-chorus 3: 2:21 C Honey, it don't make no difference to me. A/E Baby, everybody's had to fight to be free. Chorus 3: 2:29 Em G You see you don't have to live D Like a refugee. Em (Don't have to live G D Like a refugee.) 2:37 Em G No, you don't have to live D Like a refugee. Em (Don't have to live G D Like a refugee.) 2:45 Em G Baby, you don't have to live D Like a refugee. Em (Don't have to live G D Like a refugee.) Oh, oh, oh. Coda: 2:54 Em | G D - x4 3:11 Em | G D Em | G D...
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