Lirik dan Kunci Gitar Lagu (Don't Go Back To) Rockville - R.E.M.

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(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville merupakan lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh grup musik asal Amerika Serikat, R.E.M. Lagu berdurasi 4 menit 33 detik ini merupakan lagu kesembilan dalam album bertajuk “Reckoning” yang dirilis pada tahun 1984. Album ini memuat 10 trek lagu, di antaranya Little America, 7 Chinese Bros., dan So. Central Rain. Penasaran seperti apa lagunya? Untuk mengetahui lirik lagu dan chord “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” yang dinyanyikan R.E.M, simak selengkapnya di bawah ini.

 

Lirik Lagu (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville – R.E.M

[Verse 1]

E

Looking at your watch a third time

E A Asus4 A Asus4 A

waiting in the station for the bus

E

Going to a place that’s far,

E A Asus4 A Asus4 A

so far away and if that’s not enough

B A G#m C#m

Going where nobody says hello,

C#m Bm A Asus4 A Asus4 A

they don’t talk to anybody they don’t know

E

You’ll wind up in some factory

E A Asus4 A Asus4 A

that’s full time filth and nowhere left to go

E

Walk home to an empty house,

E A Asus4 A Asus4 A

sit around all by yourself

B A G#m C#m

I know it might sound strange but I believe

C#m Bm A Asus4 A Asus4 A

You’ll be coming back before too long

 

[Chorus]

E F#m B

Don’t go back to Rockville,

E F#m B

don’t go back to Rockville,

E F#m B

don’t go back to Rockville

A

And waste another year

 

[Verse 2]

E

At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend

E A Asus4 A Asus4 A

I don’t care that you’re not here with me

E

‘Cause it’s so much easier to handle

E A Asus4 A Asus4 A

All my problems if I’m too far out to sea

B A G#m

But something better happen soon C#m Bm A Asus4 A Asus4 A

Or it’s gonna be too late to bring you back

 

[Chorus]

E F#m B

Don’t go back to Rockville,

E F#m B

don’t go back to Rockville,

E F#m B

don’t 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 Asus4 A Asus4 A

You’ll be coming back before too long

 

[Chorus]

E F#m B

Don’t go back to Rockville

E F#m B

don’t go back to Rockville

E F#m B

don’t go back to Rockville

A

And waste another year

 

E F#m B

Don’t go back to Rockville

E F#m B

don’t go back to Rockville

E F#m B

don’t go back to Rockville

A

And waste another year