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(DON'T GO BACK TO) ROCKVILLE (2 Versions)
(DON'T GO BACK TO) ROCKVILLE (Version 1)
{intro : E / / / E / / / E / / / Esus4 E EaddF# E}
A/Asus4 Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a bus A/Asus4 Going to a place that's far, so far away and if that's not enough A/Asus4 Going where nobody says hello, they don't talk to anybody they don't know
You'll wind up in some factory that's full time filth and nowhere left to go A/Asus4 Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself
I know it might sound strange, but I believe A/Asus4 /G#bass /F#bass You'll be coming back before too long
Don't go back to Rockville (B) 3-2-0---0-2--3-2-0--0 And waste another year riff: (G) ------2------------2
{same as above} At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care if you're not here with me 'Cause it's so much easier to handle All my problems if I'm too far out to sea But something better happen soon Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back
It's not as though I really need you
If you were here I'd only bleed you
But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and
That's not how it ought to be
{same as before} I know it might sound strange, but I believe You'll be coming back before too long
Riff that comes in during the later verses of "Rockville":
(E)------0------5----4--2--0---- (B)----------------------------- (G)----------------------------- play twice (D)--2-------------------------- (A)----------------------------- (E)-----------------------------
(E)------5-----7-----9----7----5------- (B)------------------------------------ (G)---/6---6/7---7/9---\7---\6--------- play twice (D)------------------------------------ (A)------------------------------------ (E)------------------------------------
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(DON'T GO BACK TO) ROCKVILLE (Version 2)
Corrections/additions always welcome.
This is my first post. I transcribe for myself quite frequently (solo or duo acoustic arrangements), but don't usually put it down on paper (or computer). I decided that it was time to share! Here's a tune that was re-done by 10,000 Maniacs - further evidence of it's _timelessness_, in my opinion.
* = fretted note play all strings marked "o", mute (or don't % = add for 2nd
E oooooo A. oooooo A.. xooooo B. xooooo B.. oooooo C#m xooooo ====== ====== ------ ------ ------ ------ |||*|| |||||| 5||||*| 2|*|||| 7*||||| 4|*|||* ||%||| |||||| |||||| ||%|||
Waitin' in the sta-tion for the A. A4 A2 A. A4 A2 Bus
Goin' to a place that's far, so
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):
It's not as though I didn't ne-ed you
If you were here I'd only bleed you
- But ever-y bod-y else in
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~-----------------------|-----------------------------------| |--5~-----------------------|-----------------------------------| |--6~-----------------------|-6/7--6-----------6--7--6----------| |--7~-----------------------|----------9---7-9-----------9--7-9-| |--0~-----------------------|-----------------------------------| |--0~-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
...Waste another year
Performance Notes:
I play this with many open strings except in the REFRAIN, which is really straight bar chords. The F#m in the chorus is probably a straight F#m bar chord - Mike Mills plays the low F# on bass. BUT, I prefer to play the following F#m7add4 chord (because it "jangles" and sounds fuller than the bar chord): F#m7+4 xooooo ------ 6|||*|| :-- These two notes slide up ||*||| :-- from the E chord... |||||| finger with your pinky --: |*||||
[If you use this chord, you will definitely want to play the "B.."]
In order to play this all on guitar (there is a piano in the verses) you need to add notes to the E and A. chords - the E chord bounces off-and-on an A note (the 4th) and an F# note (the 2nd) in the verse. The A. does likewise with a D note (4th) and the open B string/note (2nd). This song is NOT that complicated. To start out, play the song without all the 4th's, 2nd's, etc., and get a feel for it (stress the 2nd and 4th beats). Then, play around with it until _YOU_ like the way that it sounds.
