[Verse 1]
E
Looking at your watch a third time
E A Asus A Asus
waiting in the station for the bus
E
Going to a place that's far,
E A Asus A Asus
so far away and if that's not enough
B A G#m C#m
Going where nobody says hello,
C#m Bm A
they don't talk to anybody they don't know
E
You'll wind up in some factory
E A Asus A Asus
that's full time filth and nowhere left to go
E
Walk home to an empty house,
E A Asus A Asus
sit around all by yourself
B A G#m C#m
I know it might sound strange but I believe
C#m Bm A
You'll be coming back before too long
[Chorus]
E F#m B
Dont go back to Rockville,
E F#m B
dont go back to Rockville,
E F#m B
dont go back to Rockville
A
And waste another year
[Verse 2]
E
At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend
E A Asus A Asus
I don't care that you're not here with me
E
'Cause it's so much easier to handle
E A Asus A Asus
All my problems if I'm too far out to sea
B A G#m C#m
But something better happen soon
C#m Bm A
Or it's gonna be too late to bring me back
[Chorus]
E F#m B
Dont go back to Rockville,
E F#m B
dont go back to Rockville,
E F#m B
dont go back to Rockville
A
And waste another year
[Bridge]
E A B A B
It's not as though I really need you
E A B A B
If you were here I'd only bleed you
F#m C#m F#m C#m A
But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and
A B
That's not how it ought to be
B A G#m C#m
Well I know it might sound strange but I believe
C#m Bm A
You'll be coming back before too long
[Chorus]
E F#m B
Dont go back to Rockville
E F#m B
dont go back to Rockville
E F#m B
dont go back to Rockville
A
And waste another year
E F#m B
Dont go back to Rockville
E F#m B
dont go back to Rockville
E F#m B
dont go back to Rockville
A
And waste another year
