(Don't Go Back To) Rockville
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(Don't Go Back To) Rockville
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#From: jh@cadre.com (Joe Hartley)
E
Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a
A
bus
Asus4
E
Going to a place that's far, so far away and if that's not e
A
nough
Asus4
B-VII
Going where no
A-V
body
G#m
says hel
C#m-IV
lo, they don't talk to anybody
Bm
they don't
A
know
Asus4
You'll
E
wind up in some factory that's full time filth and nowhere left to
A
go
E
Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by your
A
self
Asus4
I
B-VII
know it might sound
A-V
strange, but
G#m
I be
C#m-IV
lieve you'll be coming back be
Bm
fore too
A
long
Asus4
Chorus
E
Don't go back to
F#m
Rockvi
B
lle
Bsus
E
Don't go back to
F#m
Rockvi
B
lle
Bsus
E
Don't go back to
F#m
Rockvi
B
lle
Bsus
A
And waste another year
#riff
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At
E
night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care if you're not
A
here with me
Asus4
'Cause it's
E
so much easier to handle all my problems if I'm too far
A
out to sea
Asus4
But
B-VII
something better
A-V
happen
G#m
soon or
C#m-IV
it's gonna be too late to
Bm
bring you
A
back
Chorus
E
It's not as though I really
F#m
need
B
you
A
B
E
If you were here I'd only
F#m
leave
B
you
A
B
F#m
But every
C#m-IV
body else in
F#m
town only
C#m-IV
wants to bring you
A
down and that's not how it ought to
B
be
I
B-VII
know it might sound
A-V
strange, but
G#m
I be
C#m-IV
lieve you'll be coming back be
Bm
fore too
A
long
Asus4
Chorus 2x
#End Riff
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