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Sympathy for the Devil

The Rolling Stones
Tab
4.7(198)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Solo 1

E A/E E D G/D D

e|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
B|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
G|-------------------14Brp12----|------------------------------|
D|--------------------------14~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C# D/A A E7 A/E E

e|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
B|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
G|-------------------14Brp12----|--------------------12-14-14B-|
D|--------------------------14--|-----------------14-----------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

E7 A/E E D7 G/D D

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--------------------------15B-|------------------------------|
G|--------------------12-14-----|----------REST----------------|
D|-----------------14-----------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A7/C# D/A A E7 A/E E

e|-17B------17~~~~~~~~-15b------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-17~~~~~----------------------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

E7 A/E E D7 G/D D

e|--17p15--17--17p15-17-15------|-------15-17--17B-r-15-17p15--|
B|-------17-----------------17--|-15h17---------------------17-|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A7/C# D/A A E7 A/E E

e|------17B--r17-17----15-17-15b|------------------------------|
B|----17------------------------|----------------17~~~~~-------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

E7 A/E E D7 G/D D

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------17------------|------17----17-17-17----------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A7/C# D/A A E7 A/E E

e|------15-17-17b--17--15-17-15bb--------15-17-15p17p15--------|
B|---17-------------------------|17-15-17----------------17-17~|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/E E B E/B

Pleased to meet you

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--17~~~~~------|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-14p--------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

B A E

hope you guessed my name

B E/B A E E/A E

But what's confusing you is just the nature of my game

D A/C# A E

Just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints

A E D A/C# A E

As heads is tails just call me Lucifer 'cause I'm in need of some restraint

A E D A/C# A E

So if you meet me, have some courtesy have some sympathy and some taste

D A/C# A E Esus4 E

Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste

B E/B

Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, um yeah

B A E A/E E

hope you guessed my name

B E/B A E E/A E

But what's puzzling you is just the nature of my game

E7 D A7/C# A E7

Solo 2

E

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C#

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----14Brp12-------------------|----------REST----------------|
D|------------14----------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

D

e|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----14Brp12-------------------|-----12-14-14B--14-12-14-12---|
D|------------14----------------|--14-----------------------14-|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C# A E

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|----------REST----------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

D

e|----12--15--------------------|----12--15--------------------|
B|----------15------------------|----------15------------------|
G|-------------14Brp12----------|---------------12-------------|
D|---------------------14-------|-------------------14---------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C# A E

e|----12--15--------------------|-------------------12------15B|
B|----------15------------------|------------------------12----|
G|-------------12bb-------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------14--12------|-14p--------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

D

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-----15B----------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C# A E

e|------------------------------|---17B----17----15-17--15bb---|
B|----------r-------------------|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

D

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C# A E

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|--------12-14--14-12\---------|
D|------------------------------|---14-------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

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| p pull off

| B whole step bend

| b half step bend

| bb quarter step bend

| r release

| ~ vibrato

| REST lead guitar rests during this bar

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