The Vampires Chords & Lyrics Artist: Paul Simon

Capo:3rd fret

INTRO
Em  C  B  Am
 
VERSE 1
Em            C           B      Am
Well, did you bring me my money?
   Em        C     B            Am
My cab fare,    my new shoes?
Em      C                  B
I got expenses, you know.       
                  Am
Where's my weekly dues?
Em                 C                 B  Am
I ain't giving you my fucking money
 
VERSE 2
Em          C                          B       Am
Oye, motherfucker, where's this jibaro from?
Em            C     B          Am
You go when I say,     I call, you come
Em          C             B           Am
You know it takes a strong man to survive
Em           C            B             Am
It ain't no accident that you're still alive.
Em  C   B             Am
We      stand for the neighborhood
Em                      C
He still lives with his Mami, but he sneaks down,  
B                 Am
  A coolie in the shadow of the playground
Em                         C                        B
You want to fight for your people, don't you, Sal?      
      Am
Well, yeah, if I got to
Em      C          B
Oh, you got to.        
     Am    Em          C                   B  Am
Come here,   I want to show you something
 
VERSE 3
Em          C           B         Am
This is the cave of The Vampires.
Em    C            B    Am
Count Dracula's castle
Em       C           B      Am
The very sight could turn a white man grey
Em          C       B          Am
Made in the shade,    use my umbrella
Em             C               B      Am
Black like the night we fly in
Em            C         B          Am
That blade is all you need to keep the dogs away
Em                            C
So, you want to be a Vampire, man! That's good
          B                              Am
We always looking for young blood in the neighborhood now
Em                         C
Carlos Apache collects the dues. 
       B                              Am
So you bring us something that we can use
 
INTERLUDE
Em             C           B        Am
If you got the balls, then come on, mette mano
Em             C           B        Am
If you got the balls, then come on, mette mano
 
VERSE 4
Em                   C
Frenchy Cordero goes down to hell's kitchen 
            B                Am
To sell the Irish some weed
Em                                C
So this Paddy boy's mother on the stoop starts bitching 
      B                       Am
'bout spics is a mongrel breed
Em
Now here comes her son 
         C                    B                       Am
He looks like a ton of corned beef floating in beer
Em                      C      B           Am
He says "Fucking Puerto Rican dope-dealing punk,
Em                      C              B  Am
get your shit-brown ass out of here"
Em             C      B           Am
Fucking Puerto Rican dope-dealing punk
Em                      C            B  Am
Get your shit-brown ass out of here
Em   C    B             Am
We        stand for the neighborhood
 
VERSE 3
Em                            C
So the shanty-town Irish they kicked his ass good 
B                          Am
Fractured his collar bone
Em                           C
Coño, all I was thinking is, "What home of the brave?  
          B                   Am
This is a fucking war zone!"
 
OUTRO
Em             C           B        Am
If you got the balls, then come on, mette mano
Em   C    B             Am
(We       stand for the neighborhood)
Em           C      B        Am
If you got cojones, come on, mette mano
Em   C    B             Am
(We       stand for the neighborhood)
Em             C      B        Am
If you got the balls, come on, mette mano
Em   C    B             Am
(We       stand for the neighborhood)
Em           C      B        Am
If you got cojones, come on, mette mano