Bass tabs
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| Artist: Rolling Stones
| Title: Sympathy for the Devil
| Album: various
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Easy to play and fun. Since there's basically only two riffs playing all the
way through, you have to add a few variations to spice it up. "Less is more
in this song, though
Enjoy
Note: On my recording, this song is quite flat (about halfway between being i
Eb and E). I've written it out in E, but you might want to transpose
Introductio
2
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
A|7---------------|5---------------|----------------|7---------------
E|----------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------
Main rif
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
A|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|5-5-5--5-5--5-5-|4-4------4--5-6-|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-
E|------7----7-7--|------5----5-5--|----5-55--------|------7----7-7-7
Variation (mixed in with the main riff randomly
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|-------7-6--76--|-------5-4--54--|----------------|----------------
A|7-7-7-7----7--7-|5-5-5-5----5--5-|4-4-4-4--44-5-6-|7-7-7--7-7-75-6-
E|----------------|----------------|-------5--------|------7---------
"Pleased to meet you...
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
A|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|----------------|-----------4-567|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|7-7-7--7-7------
E|------7----7-7--|7-7-7-77-7-7777-|7-77-7-7-7------|------7----7-7--|------7---4-5-6-
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------7-6--76--
A|----------------|-----------4-567|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|7-7-7------7--7-
E|7-7-7-77-74-5-6-|7-77-7-7-7------|------7----7-7--|----------------
