This is how I play it; all barre chords, each strummed once, save the verse "I'm a 
of fright..." in which each chord is strummed twice.
Another tab is on this site for the intro, but I also play that differently, so I'm 
that here as well.

CHORDS:
Bm: 799777
Bm2 (not official name) : X24432
Bmmaj7: 798777
Bm7: 797777
A: 577655
Am: 577555
A7: 575655
G: 355433
F#: 244322
F#7: 242322
Em: 022000

e---1---1---1---1-|---1---1---------|----------------|--------------|
B--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|--2-2-2-2--2---2-|----2-----2-----|--------------|
G-3---2---1---0---|-1---0----3-3-3-3|--3---3--3-3----|-3-----2------|
D-----------------|---------4---3---|-2------0-------|-4-----3------|
A-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-5-----4------|
E-----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|

Bm (x24432@1)         Bmmaj7         Bm7 (x20202@1)       AThere (x02220@1)are few who would deny at what I do I am the best
       G (320003@1)         F# (244322@1)     G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) BmFor (x24432@1)my talents are renowned far and wide.
        Bm (x24432@1)       Bmmaj7         Bm6 (x20102@1)   AWhen (x02220@1)it comes to surprises in the moonlit night
  G (320003@1)           F# (244322@1) G (320003@1)  BmI (x24432@1)accel without ever even trying.
         Bm (x24432@1)             Bmmaj7       Bm7 (x20202@1)     AWith (x02220@1)the slightest little effort of my ghostlike charm
     G (320003@1)        F# (244322@1)     G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm
I've seen grown men give out a shriek
       Bm (x24432@1)       Bmmaj7     Bm7 (x20202@1)       AWith (x02220@1)a wave of my hand and a well placed moan
       G (320003@1)       F# (244322@1)         G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)  BmI (x24432@1)have swept the very bravest off their feet.
    G (320003@1)        F# (244322@1)           G (320003@1)      F#Yet (244322@1)year after year, it's the same old cheer
      G (320003@1)     F# (244322@1)         Em (022000@1)     A7And (x02020@1)I grow so weary of the sound of screams
    Bm (x24432@1)Bmmaj7    A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1) F#And (244322@1)I,  Jack, the Pump-kin King
     G (320003@1)      F# (244322@1)         G (320003@1)     F#Have (244322@1)grown so tired of the same old thing
    Bm (x24432@1)      Bmmaj7 Bm7 (x20202@1)           AOh, (x02220@1)somewhere deep   inside of these bones
   G (320003@1) F# (244322@1)  Em (022000@1)     F#An (244322@1)emptiness began to grow
        Bm (x24432@1)      Bmmaj7     Bm7 (x20202@1)       AThere's (x02220@1)something out there, far from my home
  G (320003@1)     F# (244322@1)      F# (244322@1)  Bm2
A longing that I've never known
      Bm (x24432@1)      Bmmaj7        Bm7 (x20202@1)    AI'm (x02220@1)a master of fright, and a demon of light
         G (320003@1)             F# (244322@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1) BmAnd (x24432@1)I'll scare you right out of your pants
     Bm (x24432@1)   Bmmaj7        Bm7 (x20202@1)  ATo (x02220@1)a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky
        G (320003@1)              F# (244322@1)    G (320003@1) BmAnd (x24432@1)I'm known throughout England and France
    Bm (x24432@1)       Bmmaj7      Bm7 (x20202@1)       AAnd (x02220@1)since I am dead, I can take off my head
   G (320003@1)    F# (244322@1)  G (320003@1)  Am (x02210@1) BmTo (x24432@1)recite Shakespearean quotations
   Bm (x24432@1)       Bmmaj7  Bm7 (x20202@1)         ANo (x02220@1)animal nor man can scream like I can
         G (320003@1)        F# (244322@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  BmWith (x24432@1)the fury of my recitations

G (320003@1)     F# (244322@1)       G (320003@1)       F#But (244322@1)who here would ever understand
         G (320003@1)     F# (244322@1)          Em (022000@1)     A7That (x02020@1)the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
      Bm (x24432@1) Bmmaj7    A (x02220@1)            A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)  F#Would (244322@1)tire of    his crown, if they only understood
     G (320003@1)         F# (244322@1)     G (320003@1)  F#He'd (244322@1)give it all up if he only could
    Bm (x24432@1)       Bmmaj7 Bm7 (x20202@1)       AOh, (x02220@1)there's an empty  place in my bones
     G (320003@1)       F# (244322@1)    Em (022000@1)  AThat (x02220@1)calls out for something unknown
    Bm (x24432@1)     Bmmaj7      Bm7 (x20202@1)      AThe (x02220@1)fame and praise come year after year
     G (320003@1)     F# (244322@1)      F#7 (242352@1) Bm2
Does nothing for these empty tears
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