We got some thin’, we both (A)know it, we don’t talk (E)too much a bout it.
Ain’t no real be big were se cret, (E)all the same, some how, way we get a (F#m)round it.
Lis ten,
it don’t real ly mat ter to me, ba by, you be lieve y’s what you want to be lieve.
You see, you (F#m)don’t have (A)to live like a (E)ref u gee.
Some where, some thin’, how, both (A)some bod y must have (E)kicked you a round some.
Tell me why be you were want to (E)lay up, there, rev el way in your a (F#m)ban don.
Hon ey,
it don’t make no dif f’rence to me, ba by, ev ’ry bod y’s had to fight to be free.
You see, you (F#m)don’t have (A)to live like a (E)ref u gee.
No, ba by, you (F#m)don’t have (A)to live like a (E)ref u gee.
Ba by, we ain’t the first.
I’m sure a lot of oth er lov ers been burned.
Right now this seems real to you, but it’s (E)one of those things you got ta feel to be true.
Ba by, you (F#m)don’t have (A)to live like a (E)ref u gee.
This page shows “Refugee” by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 116 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.