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The intro and verses are just varied arpeggios on the chords. Here's an example for the first set from intro to the first line of verse:

    A                              G              F#m
e ----------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------
B --------2-----2---------2-----2--------0-----0------------------
D -----2-----2---------2-----2--------0-----0------------4-----4--
A --0---------------0---------------------------------4-----4-----
E ---------------------------------3---------------2--------------

And here's a couple of fills:

Fill 1:
e --------------------
G --2--5--3--2--0-----
B --2--2--2--2--2--2--
D -----------------0--
A --------------------
E --------------------

Fill 2:
e --0--0--0--0--
G --3--2--3--2--
B --2--2--2--2--
D --------------
A --------------
E --------------

A           G
Brave young cowboys
                  F#m
Of the near north side
            D
Mount those bridge rails
         A
Ride all night
            G
Scream when captured
          F#m
Arch your back
         A          E
Let this whole town hear
     D
Your knuckles crack

Sapphire Trans-Am
High beams in vain
Drive wild broncos
Down the plain
Push up to the corner
Where the turbines hiss
Someday we won't
Remember this

           A
Crawl 'til dawn
[Fill 1]        
On my hands and knees
D              A
God damn these vampires
E                        D
For what they've done to me

[Fill 2] x2

A           G
Tie those horses
               F#m
To the post outside
               D
And let those glass doors
           A
Open wide
             G
And in their surface
                     F#m
See two young, savage things
 A      E
Barely worth
  D
Remembering

A           G
Feast like pagans
           F#m
Never get enough
            D
Sleep like dead men
            A
Wake up like dead men
             G
And when the sun comes
                   F#m              
Try not to hate the light
A             E
Someday we'll try
D
To walk upright

           A
Crawl 'til dawn
[Fill 1]        
On my hands and knees
D              A
God damn these bite marks
E                        D
Deep in my arteries

           A
Crawl 'til dawn
[Fill 1]        
On my hands and knees
D              A
God damn these vampires
E                        D
For what they've done to me

A G F#m (variation on Fill 2)
A G F#m
A G F#m
A E D