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RockVille (Donīt go Back To)(Chords)

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	        Intro:  
E                E4   E 
E                E4 E E2 E 
A                A4   A2 
A                A4   A2 A 
 
VERSE 1: 
E                E4    E 
Look-in' at your watch at the ti-ime 
               E4  E    E2  E              
Waitin' in the sta-tion for the 
A.    A4 A2  A.    A4 A2  
Bus 
E          E4           E 
Goin' to a place that's far, so 
             E4 E      E2 
Far away and if that's not  
  A.    A4 A2  A.    A4 A2  
E-nough 
 
BRIDGE 1: 
B.             A.   G#m 
Goin' where no-body says hi 
C#m                    C#m    Bm4        A. 
No, they don't talk to no-one they don't know 
 
VERSE 2: 
You'll wind up in some fac-tor-y that's  
Full time there'll be no-where left 
To go 
Walk home to an emp-ty house 
Sit around al-l by 
Your-self 
 
BRIDGE 2: 
  B.                  A.           G#m 
I know it might sound strange, but I 
   C#m                    C#m     Bm4      A. 
Be-lieve you'll be coming back be-fore too long 
 
CHORUS: 
E                F#m     B..(or B.) 
Don't go back to Rockvil-le 
E                F#m     B..(or B.) 
Don't go back to Rockvil-le 
E                F#m     B..(or B.) 
Don't go back to Rockvil-le 
(Riff) 
.....  Waste another year... 
 
VERSE 3: 
At night I drink my-self to sleep and  
Pre-tend I don't care that your not 
Here with me 
'Cause It's so much eas-ier to hand-le 
All my problems if I sleep on 
'Em you see 
 
BRIDGE 3: 
B.                A.      G#m 
Some-thin' better hap-pen soon 
     C#m          C#m     Bm4       A. 
It's gonna be too late to bring you back 
 
-CHORUS- 
REFRAIN (bar chords): 
E                           A     B    A    B 
It's not as though I didn't ne-ed you 
E                           A     B    A    B 
If you were here  I'd only  bleed you 
F#m             C#m 
 -   But ever-y bod-y  else in 
F#m             C#m      Bm4 
Town -     only wants to bring you 
A                                     B.    (Tacet 1 bar) 
Down -     That's not how it ought to be... 
 
-BRIDGE 2- 
-CHORUS- (then repeat) 
 
 
Riff (play just ahead of the beat) 
     A.. - then tacet (drift off) N.C. 
e|--0~-----------------------|-----------------------------------| 
B|--5~-----------------------|-----------------------------------| 
G|--6~-----------------------|-6/7--6-----------6--7--6----------| 
D|--7~-----------------------|----------9---7-9-----------9--7-9-| 
A|--0~-----------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|--0~-----------------------|-----------------------------------| 
     1  +  2  +  3   +  4  +      1   +   2    +    3   +   4   + 

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