Tom :E
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~-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
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