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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
  E                                                                 A/Asus4
 Going to a place that's far, so far away and if that's not enough
  B             A     G Going where nobody says hello, they don't talk to anybody they don't know

         E                                                                  A
 You'll wind up in some factory that's full time filth and nowhere left to go
  E                                                   A/Asus4
 Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself
     B                       A      G I know it might sound strange, but I believe
                           Bm       A/Asus4   A A/G You'll be coming back before too long

  E                F Don't go back to Rockville
  A                                      (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

  E                           D    B     A  B
 It's not as though I really need you
  E                           F If you were here I'd only bleed you
  F But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and
                             B
 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

(E)------0------5----4--2--0----
(B)-----------------------------
(G)-----------------------------  play twice
(D)--2--------------------------
(A)-----------------------------
(E)-----------------------------

A(sus4)

(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)

transcribed by Jeff Elkins (jeff.elkins@nashville.com)
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 4th                play) strings marked "x"
% = add for 2nd
                                    
E oooooo  A. oooooo  A.. xooooo  B. xooooo  B.. oooooo  C  ======     ======      ------     ------      ------      ------
  |||*||     ||||||     5||||*|    2|*||||     7*|||||     4|*|||*
  |**@||     ||***|      |||*||     ||||||      |||*||      ||||*|
  ||||||     ||||@|      ||*@||     ||**||      |**|||      ||**||
  ||%|||     ||||||      ||||||
                         ||%|||

G    ------      ------      ------
   4*||***     2*||***     2|*||||
    ||||||      ||||||      ||||*|
    |**|||      |**|||      ||**||

(see end for performance notes)

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.   GGoin' where no-body says hi
CNo, 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.           GI know it might sound strange, but I
   CBe-lieve you'll be coming back be-fore too long


CHORUS:
E                FDon't go back to Rockvil-le
E                FDon't go back to Rockvil-le
E                FDon'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.      GSome-thin' better hap-pen soon
     CIt'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 -   But ever-y bod-y  else in
FTown -     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   +

              ...Waste another   year

Performance Notes:

        I play this with many open strings except in the REFRAIN, which is 
really straight bar chords.  The FFthe following Fthe bar chord):
                        F                               ------
                              6|||*||