Marcy Playground – The Vampires Of New York (Guitar Tab)

album: marcy playground submitted by matt burgess 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.