(Don't Go Back To) Rockville (Single Edit) chords by R.E.M.
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Looking at your watch a third time
Waiting in the station for (G major) the bus
(D major) Going to a place that's far
So far away and if that's not enough (G major)
(A major) Going where nobody (G major)
says (F sharp minor) hel (B minor) lo
They don't talk to anybody
(A major) they don't (G major) know
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Verse 2
(G major)
You'll (D major) wind up in some factory
That's full- time filth and
nowhere left to go (G major)
(D major) Walk home to an empty house
Sit around all by your (G major) self
I know (A major) it might sound strange, (G major)
but I (F sharp minor) believe (B minor)
You'll be coming back be
fore (A minor) (F major) too long
Interlude 1
(G major)
Verse 3
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major)
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major)
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major) (G major)
Verse 4
And waste another year
(G major)
At (D major) night, I drink myself to sleep
And pretend I don't care that
you're not (G major) here with me
'Cause it's so (D major) much easier to handle
All my problems if I'm too far (G major) out to sea
But (A major) something better hap (G major)
pen soon (F sharp minor)
Or it's (B minor) gonna be too late
to bring (A major) (G major) you back
Interlude 2
Verse 5
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major)
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major)
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major) (G major)
Verse 6
And waste another year
(D major)
It's not as though I really need (G major) (A major) (G major) (A major) (D major) you
If you were here, I'd only bleed (G major) you (A major)
But (G major) (A major) (E minor) everybody (B minor) else in town (E minor)
only want (B minor) s to bring you down (G major)
And that's not how it ought (A major) to be
I know it might sound strange, (G major)
but I (F sharp minor) be (B minor) lieve
You'll be coming back
(A major) before too (G major) long
Interlude 3
Verse 7
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major)
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major)
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville
An (A major) d (G major) waste another year
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major)
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major)
(D major) Don't go back to Rock (E minor) ville (A major) (G major)
Outro 1
And waste another year
(G major) (A major) (D major)
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville (Single Edit)
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