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Refugee

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
ChordsKeyF#mintermediate
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Chords in this song5

Intro

   
   
   
   

Verse 1

We got something, we both know it, we don't talk too much about it  
Ain't no real big secret all the same, somehow we get around it  
Listen, it don't really matter to me, baby
You believe what you want to believe

Chorus

You see you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)

Verse 2

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some  
Tell me why you wanna lay there and revel in your abandon  
Honey, it don't make no difference to me, baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free

Chorus

You see you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No baby, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)

Bridge

Baby, we ain't the first
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned
Right now it seems real to you, but it's
One of those things you gotta feel to be true

Solo

   
   
   
   

Verse 3

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some  
Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom  
Honey, it don't really matter to me, baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free

Chorus

You see you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)

Outro

   
   
   
   
   
   
(fade out)

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