Tom: C
G C D
E|----3----| ----0---- ----2----
B|----0----| ----1---- ----3----
G|----0----| ----0---- ----2----
D|----0----| ----2---- ----0----
A|----2----| ----3---- ----0----
E|----3----| ----0---- ----x----
Am F riff 1
E|----0----| ----1---- --------------
B|----1----| ----2---- --------------
G|----2----| ----3---- --------------
D|----2----| ----3---- --------------
A|----0----| ----x---- -------0--2---
E|----0----| ----x---- ----3---------
sounds like John sometimes plays the C like this:
E|-------------0-----------0----|
B|-------------1-----------1----|
G|-------------0-----------0----|
D|-------------2---2h0-----2----|
A|----3---3----3---3---3---3----|
E|-----------------------------|
likewise, his G sometimes sounds like this:
E|-------------3-----------3-----|
B|-------------0-----------0-----|
G|-------------0-----------0-----|
D|-------------0-----------0-----|
A|-------------2---2h0-----2-----|
E|----3---3----3---3---3---3-----|
(riff 1) C G
Come see the vampires of New York, a-ah
(riff 1) C G
Come lose your mind in Central Park, a-ah
C G
But don't leave your soul behind, a-ah
(riff 1) C G
Come take in 8th street after dark, a-ah
(riff 1) C G
Such peculiar people you'll remark, a-ah
C G
You might even see a murder, a-ah
F G
And all the whores on Bleecker Street
C
They wear the blissful grin
F G
Caused by the drugs they take
C G
To relieve them of their sins, ah-oh
C Am G
And "Oh-oh lord I think she's dying"
C Am G
I heard somebody say, I think she's dying
C Am G
And "Oh, oh lord I think she's dying"
(riff 1) C
Or, maybe she's already dead
G
and maybe she's gone to Mars.
C
Maybe we could even write her epitaph
G
in the stars.
C G
It'd say "If you go away from here...
C G
if you go a million miles..."
F C G
Come downtown
F C G
to see them go
(riff 1) C G
Into the den of the vampires of New York ha-hah
But please watch your step as you're
C
getting off kids.
