John Wayne Gacy Jr Tab

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Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	3rd fret

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Tabbed by: Ryan Sommers
E-mail: ryansommers@gmail.com
 
 
 
This entire song is one finger-picked progression with discretionary variances:
 
   Dm                              Cadd9
e|-----------1---------------1-------------------------------------|
B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------1-|
G|---2---------------2---------------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   Am                              F
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------------------------------|
A|-0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
 
 
As the song progresses, Sufjan throws in the open high E string as he pleases on the Cadd9, Am, and F chords:
 
   Dm                              Cadd9
e|-----------1---------------1-----------------------0-------------|
B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------1-|
G|---2---------------2---------------0-------0---------------0-----|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   Am                              F
e|-------------------0-----------------------0---------------0-----|
B|-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-|
G|---2-------2---------------2-------2---------------2-------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-----------------------------------|
A|-0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
 
 
That's how he includes it most of the time, but he varies it up a lot, especially as the song builds.
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just a small tiny eincy correction..... only one note off. e|-----1-------1--------------------------------------------------| B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1| G|-2-------2-------0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------------| A|----------------3---3---3---2---0---0---0---0-------------------| E|------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

His father was a drinker And his mother cried in bed Folding John Wayne's T-shirts When the swingset hit his head The neighbors they adored him For his humor and his conversation Look underneath the house there Find the few living things Rotting fast in their sleep of the dead Twenty-seven people, even more They were boys with their cars, summer jobs Oh my God Are you one of them? He dressed up like a clown for them With his face paint white and red And on his best behavior In a dark room on the bed he kissed them all He'd kill ten thousand people With a sleight of his hand Running far, running fast to the dead He took off all their clothes for them He put a cloth on their lips Quiet hands, quiet kiss On the mouth And in my best behavior I am really just like him Look beneath the floorboards For the secrets I have hid