Rockville by Rem chord (text):

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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}

  E                                                                 A/Asus4
 Looking ..
  E                                                                 A/Asus4
 Going ...
  B             A     G#m  C#m                              Bm        A/Asus4
 Going ..

         E                                                                  A
 You'll ..
  E                                                   A/Asus4
 Walk ..
     B                       A      G#m   C#m
 I ..
                           Bm       A/Asus4   A A/G#bass   A/F#bass
 You'll ..

  E                F#m    B
 Don't ..
  A                                      (B)  3-2-0---0-2--3-2-0--0
 And ..riff:        (G)  ------2------------2

VERSE
{same as above}

  E                           D    B     A  B
 It's ..
  E                           F#m  B     A  B
 If ..
  F#m      C#m          F#m         C#m               A
 But ..
                             B
 That's ...

{same as before}
I ..
You'll ..


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#m xooooo
  ======     ======      ------     ------      ------      ------
  |||*||     ||||||     5||||*|    2|*||||     7*|||||     4|*|||*
  |**@||     ||***|      |||*||     ||||||      |||*||      ||||*|
  ||||||     ||||@|      ||*@||     ||**||      |**|||      ||**||
  ||%|||     ||||||      ||||||
                         ||%|||

G#m oooooo  F#m oooooo  Bm4 xooooo
    ------      ------      ------
   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' ..
               E4  E    E2  E             
Waitin' ..
A.    A4 A2  A.    A4 A2 
Bus
E          E4           E
Goin' ..
             E4 E      E2
Far ..
  A.    A4 A2  A.    A4 A2 
E-nough


BRIDGE 1:
B.             A.   G#m
Goin' ..
C#m                    C#m    Bm4        A.
No, ..


VERSE 2:
You'll ..
Full ..
To ..
Walk ..
Sit ..
Your-self


BRIDGE 2:
  B.                  A.           G#m
I ..
   C#m                    C#m     Bm4      A.
Be-lieve ..


CHORUS:
E                F#m     B..(or B.)
Don't ..
E                F#m     B..(or B.)
Don't ..
E                F#m     B..(or B.)
Don't ..
(Riff)
.....  Waste ..


VERSE 3:
At ...
Pre-..
Here ..
'Cause ..
All ..
'Em ..


BRIDGE 3:
B.                A.      G#m
Some-..
     C#m          C#m     Bm4       A.
It's ..


-CHORUS-

REFRAIN (bar chords):
E                           A     B    A    B
It's ..
E                           A     B    A    B
If ..
F#m             C#m
 -   But ..
F#m             C#m      Bm4
Town -     ..
A                                     B.    (Tacet 1 bar)
Down ....


-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 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|||*||