Sympathy For The Devil tab by The Rolling Stones

Tabs (Ver. 3)

Rolling Stones, Sympath for the devil.
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The Rolling Stones
Sympathy For The Devil
(Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)

Chords
    Low to High
    EADGBe
E MajorE	022100
D MajorD	XX0232
A augmentedA	X02220
BB	X2444X
A/C#A/C#	X4222X
Esus4Esus4  022200
E/B	X22100
A/EA/E	002220
G/DG/D   XX0003
E7E7	022130
D7D7	XX0212
A7/C#	X4202X

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

E MajorE            D MajorD         A augmentedA        E MajorE
Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste

             D MajorD            A augmentedA             E MajorE
I've been around for long, long years I've stolen many a man's soul and faith

           D MajorD         A/C#A/C# A augmentedA        E MajorE
I was around when Jesus Christ had His moment of doubt and pain

           D MajorD         A/C#A/C# A augmentedA         E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
I made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate


BB                   A augmentedA E MajorE    A/EA/E E MajorE
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name,

      BB        E/B BB      A augmentedA  E MajorE  Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
but what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game

         D MajorD         A augmentedA              E MajorE
Stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change

            D MajorD        A/C#A/C# A augmentedA        E MajorE
Killed the Tzar and his ministers; Anastasia screamed in vain

            D MajorD            A/C#A/C#  A augmentedA
I rode a tank held a general's rank when the blitzkrieg raged

     E MajorE       Esus4Esus4  E MajorE
and the bodies stank


BB                   A augmentedA E MajorE    A/EA/E E MajorE
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, Oh  yeah

     BB        E/B BB        E MajorE  A/EA/E  E MajorE
Ah what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game



E MajorE                 D MajorD              A/C#A/C# A augmentedA         E MajorE
 I watched with glee while your kings and queens fought for ten  decades for the gods they made

Esus4Esus4 E MajorE              D MajorD        A/C#A/C#       E MajorE      Esus4Esus4  E MajorE
  I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?" when after all it was you and me

            D MajorD       A/C#A/C# A augmentedA         E MajorE  EsusEsus E MajorE
Let me please introduce myself I'm a man  of wealth and taste

           D MajorD          A/C#A/C#             E MajorE    Esus4Esus4  E MajorE
And I laid traps for troubadours who get killed before they reached Bombay


BB                   A augmentedA E MajorE    Esus4Esus4  E MajorE
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name,  Oh   yeah

      BB        E/B BB      A augmentedA  E MajorE  A/EA/E  E MajorE
But what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game       Well get down


1st Solo
 E MajorE     A/EA/E   E MajorE      D MajorD     G/DG/D    D MajorD
|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------14Brp12----|------------------------------|
|--------------------------14~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

 A/C#A/C#        D/AD/A   A augmentedA  E7E7   A/EA/E   E MajorE
|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------14Brp12----|--------------------12-14-14B-|
|--------------------------14--|-----------------14-----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

E7E7   A/EA/E   E MajorE        D7D7     G/DG/D    D MajorD
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------15B-|------------------------------|
|--------------------12-14-----|----------REST----------------|
|-----------------14-----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

 A7/C#   D/AD/A   A augmentedA       E7E7   A/EA/E   E MajorE
|-17B------17~~~~~~~~-15b------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-17~~~~~----------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

  E7E7   A/EA/E E MajorE         D7D7    G/DG/D D MajorD
|--17p15--17--17p15-17-15------|-------15-17--17B-r-15-17p15--|
|-------17-----------------17--|-15h17---------------------17-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

 A7/C#   D/AD/A   A augmentedA       E7E7   A/EA/E   E MajorE
|------17B--r17-17----15-17-15b|------------------------------|
|----17------------------------|----------------17~~~~~-------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

  E7E7   A/EA/E  E MajorE       D7D7  G/DG/D  D MajorD
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------17------------|------17----17-17-17----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

 A7/C#  D/AD/A  A augmentedA       E7E7  A/EA/E E MajorE
|------15-17-17b--17--15-17-15bb--------15-17-15p17p15--------|
|---17-------------------------|17-15-17----------------17-17~|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

          A/EA/E E MajorE     BB           E/B
                  Pleased to meet you
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--17~~~~~------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-14p--------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

BB          A augmentedA E MajorE
 hope you guessed my name

       BB         E/B      A augmentedA E MajorE   E/A  E MajorE
But what's confusing you is just the nature of my game


             D MajorD      A/C#A/C# A augmentedA         E MajorE
Just as every cop is a criminal and all  the sinners saints

A augmentedA E MajorE             D MajorD            A/C#A/C# A augmentedA        E MajorE
As heads is tails just call me Lucifer 'cause I'm in need  of some restraint

   A augmentedA  E MajorE           D MajorD        A/C#A/C#  A augmentedA      E MajorE
So if you meet me, have some courtesy have some sympathy and some taste

               D MajorD         A/C#A/C# A augmentedA     E MajorE  Esus4Esus4  E MajorE
Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste


BB           E/B
 Pleased to meet you   Hope you guessed my name, um yeah

BB          A augmentedA E MajorE   A/EA/E  E MajorE
 hope you guessed my name

       BB         E/B      A augmentedA E MajorE   E/A  E MajorE
But what's puzzling you is just the nature of my game


E7E7      D MajorD       A7/C#   A augmentedA     E7E7

2nd solo
                E MajorE
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------REST----------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

 A/C#A/C#
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----14Brp12-------------------|----------REST----------------|
|------------14----------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

                D MajorD
|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
|----14Brp12-------------------|-----12-14-14B--14-12-14-12---|
|------------14----------------|--14-----------------------14-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

 A/C#A/C#   A augmentedA          E MajorE
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------REST----------------|----------REST----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

                D MajorD
|----12--15--------------------|----12--15--------------------|
|----------15------------------|----------15------------------|
|-------------14Brp12----------|---------------12-------------|
|---------------------14-------|-------------------14---------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

  A/C#A/C#   A augmentedA         E MajorE
|----12--15--------------------|-------------------12------15B|
|----------15------------------|------------------------12----|
|-------------12bb-------------|------------------------------|
|------------------14--12------|-14p--------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
                D MajorD
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----15B----------------------|
|----------REST----------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 A/C#A/C#        A augmentedA      E MajorE
|------------------------------|---17B----17----15-17--15bb---|
|----------r-------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
                D MajorD
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------REST----------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 A/C#A/C#      A augmentedA       E MajorE
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------REST----------------|--------12-14--14-12---------|
|------------------------------|---14-------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

ad lib and fade

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