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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