{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":48313,"song":"Refugees","artist":"Van der Graaf Generator","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11540132-refugees-chords-by-van-der-graaf-generator/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/48313?type=chord","rating":4.51898,"votes":15,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is a real gem! Unfortunately I never found the short chord sequence\r\nchord sequences. The second one - I don't think I've got it right, but it is\r\n\r\n[tab]C    -  x-3-2-0-1-0--------------------------------------|\r\nG    -  3-2-0-0-0-3--------------------------------------|\r\nG7   -  3-2-0-0-0-1--------------------------------------|\r\nAm   -  x-0-3-3-2-0--------------------------------------|\r\nF    -  1-3-3-2-1-1--------------------------------------|\r\nDm   -  x-x-0-2-3-1   or maybe it is Dm6   - x-5-7-5-6-5-|\r\nE    -  0-3-3-2-0-0--------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNorth was somewhere years ago, and cold:[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\tice locked the people's hearts, and made them old.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSouth was birth to pleasant lands, but dry:[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\tI walked the waters' depths and played my mind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEast was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun:[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\tthe winds came gently, several heads became one.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the summertime, though August people sneered...[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\twe were at peace, and we cheered.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe walked along, sometimes hand in hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbetween the thin lines, marking sea and sand;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nsmiling very peacefully,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwe began to notice that we could be free,[/tab]\r\n\t   C       G      F (and some chord swifts I dont know)\r\nand we moved together\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nto the West.[/tab]\r\n\r\nWest is where all days will someday end;\r\n\twhere the colours turn from grey to gold,\r\n\tand you can be with the friends.\r\nAnd light flakes the golden clouds above:\r\n\tWest is Mike and Susie,\r\n\tWest is where I love.\r\n\r\nThere we shall spend the final days of our lives...\r\n\ttell the same old stories: well, at least we tried.\r\nSo into the West, smiles on our faces, we'll go;\r\n\toh! yes, and our apologies to those\r\n\twho'll never really know the Way.\r\n\r\nWe're refugees, walking away from the life that we've known\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand loved...\r\nnothing to do nor say, nowhere to stay; now we are alone.\r\nWe're refugees, carrying all we own in brown bags,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttied up with string...\r\nnothing to think, it doesn't mean a thing, but we'll be happy\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton our own.\r\n\r\nWest is Mike and Susie;\r\nWest is Mike and Susie;\r\nWest is where I love,\r\nWest is refugees' home.\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n\n\nThis is a real gem! Unfortunately I never found the short chord sequence\nchord sequences. The second one - I don't think I've got it right, but it is\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t   C       G      F (and some chord swifts I dont know)\nand we moved together\n\n\nWest is where all days will someday end;\n\twhere the colours turn from grey to gold,\n\tand you can be with the friends.\nAnd light flakes the golden clouds above:\n\tWest is Mike and Susie,\n\tWest is where I love.\n\nThere we shall spend the final days of our lives...\n\ttell the same old stories: well, at least we tried.\nSo into the West, smiles on our faces, we'll go;\n\toh! yes, and our apologies to those\n\twho'll never really know the Way.\n\nWe're refugees, walking away from the life that we've known\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand loved...\nnothing to do nor say, nowhere to stay; now we are alone.\nWe're refugees, carrying all we own in brown bags,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttied up with string...\nnothing to think, it doesn't mean a thing, but we'll be happy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton our own.\n\nWest is Mike and Susie;\nWest is Mike and Susie;\nWest is where I love,\nWest is refugees' home.","chords":["C","G","G7","Am","F","Dm","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}