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(Don't Go Back To) Rockville (Single Edit) chords by
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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D

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Looking at your watch a third time
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Waiting in the station for the bus
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Going to a place that's far
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G

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So far away and if that's not enough
A
A

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Going where nobody
F#m
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Bm
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says hello

They don't talk to anybody
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G

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they don't know
Verse 2
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You'll wind up in some factory

That's full- time filth and
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nowhere left to go
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D

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Walk home to an empty house
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Sit around all by yourself
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A

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I know it might sound strange,
F#m
F#m
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Bm
Bm
2

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but I believe

You'll be coming back be
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fore too long
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Em
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Don't go back to Rockville
D
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Em
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A
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Don't go back to Rockville
D
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Em
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Don't go back to Rockville
Verse 4

And waste another year
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At night, I drink myself to sleep

And pretend I don't care that
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you're not here with me
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D

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'Cause it's so much easier to handle
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All my problems if I'm too far out to sea
A
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But something better hap
F#m
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pen soon
Bm
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Or it's gonna be too late
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to bring you back
Interlude 2
Verse 5

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Don't go back to Rockville
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Em
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Don't go back to Rockville
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Don't go back to Rockville
Verse 6

And waste another year
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A
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It's not as though I really need you
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A
A

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If you were here, I'd only bleed you
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Em
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Bm
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But everybody else in town
Bm
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only wants to bring you down
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And that's not how it ought to be
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I know it might sound strange,
F#m
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but I believe

You'll be coming back
A
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before too long
Interlude 3
Verse 7

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Em
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Don't go back to Rockville
D
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Em
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Don't go back to Rockville
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Em
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Don't go back to Rockville
A
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An d waste another year
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Em
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Don't go back to Rockville
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Don't go back to Rockville
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Don't go back to Rockville
Outro 1

And waste another year
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • F#m

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Am

  • F

  • Em

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of (Don't Go Back To) Rockville (Single Edit) by R.E.M. is E major.

The primary chords used in (Don't Go Back To) Rockville (Single Edit) are A, E, B, G#m, C#m, Bm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like A, E, B, G#m, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of (Don't Go Back To) Rockville (Single Edit) is approximately 150 beats per minute.

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