Rockville chords by R.E.M.

Chords with lyrics

(DON'T GO BACK TO) ROCKVILLE (2 Versions)


(DON'T GO BACK TO) ROCKVILLE (Version 1)

 {intro : E MajorE / / / E MajorE / / / E MajorE / / / Esus4Esus4 E MajorE EaddF# E}

 E MajorE                                 A/Asus4
 Looking ..
 E MajorE                                 A/Asus4
 Going ...
 BB       A augmentedA   G# minorG#m C# minorC#m               B minorBm    A/Asus4
 Going ..

     E MajorE                                 A augmentedA
 You'll ..
 E MajorE                          A/Asus4
 Walk ..
   BB            A augmentedA   G# minorG#m  C# minorC#m
 I ..
              B minorBm    A/Asus4  A augmentedA A/G#bass  A/F#bass
 You'll ..

 E MajorE        F# minorF#m  BB
 Don't ..
 A augmentedA                   (BB) 3-2-0---0-2--3-2-0--0
 And ..riff:    (G+G) ------2------------2

VERSE
{same as above}

 E MajorE              D MajorD  BB   A augmentedA BB
 It's ..
 E MajorE              F# minorF#m BB   A augmentedA BB
 If ..
 F# minorF#m   C# minorC#m     F# minorF#m     C# minorC#m        A augmentedA
 But ..
               BB
 That's ...

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


Riff that comes in during the later verses of "Rockville":

E MajorE

(E MajorE)------0------5----4--2--0----
(BB)-----------------------------
(G+G)----------------------------- play twice
(D MajorD)--2--------------------------
(A augmentedA)-----------------------------
(E MajorE)-----------------------------

A(sus4)

(E MajorE)------5-----7-----9----7----5-------
(BB)------------------------------------
(G+G)---/6---6/7---7/9---\7---\6--------- play twice
(D MajorD)------------------------------------
(A augmentedA)------------------------------------
(E MajorE)------------------------------------

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(DON'T GO BACK TO) ROCKVILLE (Version 2)

transcribed by Jeff Elkins ([email protected])
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 MajorE oooooo A. oooooo A.. xooooo B. xooooo B.. oooooo C# minorC#m xooooo
 ======   ======   ------   ------   ------   ------
 |||*||   ||||||   5||||*|  2|*||||   7*|||||   4|*|||*
 |**@||   ||***|   |||*||   ||||||   |||*||   ||||*|
 ||||||   ||||@|   ||*@||   ||**||   |**|||   ||**||
 ||%|||   ||||||   ||||||
             ||%|||

G# minorG#m oooooo F# minorF#m oooooo Bm4 xooooo
  ------   ------   ------
  4*||***   2*||***   2|*||||
  ||||||   ||||||   ||||*|
  |**|||   |**|||   ||**||

(see end for performance notes)

INTRO:
E MajorE        E4  E MajorE
E        E4 E MajorE E2 E MajorE
A augmentedA        A4  A2
A augmentedA        A4  A2 A augmentedA

VERSE 1:
E MajorE        E4  E MajorE
Look-in' ..
        E4 E MajorE  E2 E MajorE
Waitin' ..
A.  A4 A2 A.  A4 A2
Bus
E MajorE     E4      E MajorE
Goin' ..
       E4 E MajorE   E2
Far ..
 A.  A4 A2 A.  A4 A2
E-nough


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


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


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


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


VERSE 3:
At ...
Pre-..
Here ..
All ..


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


-CHORUS-

REFRAIN (bar chords):
E MajorE              A augmentedA   BB  A augmentedA  BB
It's ..
E MajorE              A augmentedA   BB  A augmentedA  BB
If ..
F# minorF#m       C# minorC#m
 -  But ..
F# minorF#m       C# minorC#m   Bm4
Town -   ..
A augmentedA                   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~-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB |--5~-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
G+G |--6~-----------------------|-6/7--6-----------6--7--6----------|
D MajorD |--7~-----------------------|----------9---7-9-----------9--7-9-|
A augmentedA |--0~-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE |--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# minorF#m in the chorus is probably a straight
F# minorF#m bar chord - Mike Mills plays the low F#F# on bass. BUT, I prefer to play
the following F#m7add4 chord (because it "jangles" and sounds fuller than
the bar chord):
            F#m7F#m7+4 xooooo
                ------
               6|||*|| <-- These two notes slide up
                ||*||| <--  from the E MajorE 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 MajorE and A. chords - the E MajorE chord bounces
off-and-on an A augmentedA note (the 4th) and an F#F# note (the 2nd) in the verse. The
A. does likewise with a D MajorD note (4th) and the open BB 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.


Submitted by: Meantabber90