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.