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Song
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Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones
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Written by: Jagger/Richards
From: "Beggars Banquet" (1969)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Not much guitar here (if any, except for the great lead guitar licks). But
here's my reading of what the piano is doing. Enjoy!
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capo: 2nd fret
play: D
key: E
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[Verse] pattern
D C G G/B [c#] D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---------------|0---------------|3---------------|2----------[3]--| B|3---------------|1---------------|0---------------|3----------[3]--| G|2---------------|0---------------|0---------0-----|2----------[2]--| D|0---------------|2---------------|0---------0--x--|0---------------| A|----------------|3---------------|----------2--4--|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
Chorus
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------------2-|0---------------|2-------------3-|2----------[3-3-|2] B|2-------------3-|2---------------|3-------------3-|3----------[3-3-|3] G|2-------------2-|2---------------|2-------------2-|2----------[2-2-|2] D|2-------------0-|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------[0] A|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
notes in []: single notes (not chords!)
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[Intro](percussion and screams)
| no chord | % | % | % |
| no chord | % | % | % |
| no chord | % |
Verse
Please allow me to introduce myself
G G/B [c#] D
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
G G/B [c#] D
Stole many a man's soul and faith
Verse
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
G G/B [c#] D
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
G G/B [c#] | D | % |
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Chorus
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is the nature of my game
Verse
I stuck around St. Petersburg
G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
Anastasia screamed in vain
Verse
I rode a tank, held a general's rank
G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D | D |
When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank
Chorus
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is the nature of my game
Verse
I watched with glee while your kings and queens
G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
Fought for ten decades for the Gods they made
I shouted out "Who killed the Kennedys?"
G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
When after all it was you and me
Verse
Let me please introduce myself
G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D | D |
Who get killed before they reached Bom - bay
Chorus
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is the nature of my game (Oh yeah, get down, baby)
Solo
| D | C | G | D |
| D | C | G | D |
| D | C | G | D |
| D | C | G | D | D |
Chorus
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
But what's confusing you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is just the nature of my game
Verse
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
Verse
So if you meet me have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Chorus
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is the nature of my game
Outro
| D | C | G | D |
(repeated and faded after ca. 2:00 minutes;
solo guitar licks + vocals ad lib)
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Alright
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
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