R.E.M. – Dont Go Back To Rockville (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
E
Looking at your watch a third time

E                               A   Asus4  A  Asus4  A
waiting in the station for the bus

E
Going to a place that's far,

E                               A   Asus4   A  Asus4  A
so far away and if that's not enough

B            A      G#m    C#m
Going where nobody says hello,

C#m                        Bm          A   Asus4   A  Asus4  A
they don't talk to anybody they don't know

E
You'll wind up in some factory

E                                           A   Asus4   A  Asus4  A
that's full time filth and nowhere left to go

E
Walk home to an empty house,

E                               A   Asus4   A  Asus4  A
sit around all by yourself

B                     A           G#m  C#m
I know it might sound strange but I believe

C#m                   Bm          A   Asus4   A  Asus4  A
You'll be coming back before too long
[Chorus]
E                 F#m    B
Don't go back to Rockville,

E                 F#m  B
don't go back to Rockville,

E                 F#m   B
don't go back to Rockville

A
And waste another year
[Verse 2]
E
At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend

E                               A   Asus4   A  Asus4  A
I don't care that you're not here with me

E
'Cause it's so much easier to handle

E                               A   Asus4   A  Asus4  A
All my problems if I'm too far out to sea

B                    A      G#m   
But something better happen soon

        C#m                  Bm        A   Asus4   A  Asus4  A
Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back
[Chorus]
E                 F#m    B
Don't go back to Rockville,

E                 F#m  B
don't go back to Rockville,

E                 F#m   B
don't go back to Rockville

A
And waste another year
[Bridge]
E                           A    B    A   B
It's not as though I really need you

E                          A    B    A  B
If you were here I'd only bleed you

F#m      C#m          F#m       C#m                A
But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and

           A               B
That's not how it ought to be

            B              A            G#m    C#m
Well I know it might sound strange but I believe

C#m                   Bm          A   Asus4   A  Asus4  A
You'll be coming back before too long
[Chorus]
E                 F#m    B
Don't go back to Rockville

E                 F#m  B
don't go back to Rockville

E                 F#m   B
don't go back to Rockville

A
And waste another year

E                 F#m    B
Don't go back to Rockville

E                 F#m  B
don't go back to Rockville

E                 F#m   B
don't go back to Rockville

A
And waste another year