The Rolling Stones

Rock N Roll Circus Album by The Rolling Stones

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Jumpin Jack Flash
Parachute Woman
No Expectations
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Sympathy for the Devil
Salt of the Earth
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Jumpin Jack Flash

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A|2--2--0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-|
E|------0-2---0-2---0-2---|
  1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+

riff 2
e|777--777|
B|777--777|
G|888--888|
D|999--999|
A|999--999|
E|777--777|
  1+2+3+4+
Intro
riff 1 x4

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I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
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And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,

Chorus
B
But its all right now, in fact, its a gas!
B                                         riff 2
But its all right. Im jumpin jack flash, Its a gas! gas! gas!

riff 1 x2

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I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,
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I was schooled with a strap right across my back,

Chorus

C# x4

riff 2

riff 1 x2

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I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead.
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I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
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I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread.
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I was crowned with a spike right thru my head.

Chorus

C# (repeat until end)
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Parachute Woman

Intro
D


D
Parachute woman, land on me tonight
D
Parachute woman, land on me tonight
B7
I'll break big in New Orleans
D
And I'll overspill in Caroline
D
Parachute woman, join me for a ride
D
Parachute woman, join me for a ride
B7
I'll make my blow in Dallas
D
And get hot again in half the time

Solo
D

D
Parachute woman, will you blow me out?
D
Parachute woman, will you blow me out?
B7
Well, my heavy throbbers itchin'
D
Just to lay a solorhy rhythm down

Outro
E D (just keep repeating until fade)
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No Expectations

A


Intro E

E
Take me to the station
E
and put me on a train
E
I've got no expectations
E
to pass through here again
E
Once I was a rich man
E
and now I am so poor
E
But never in my sweet, short life
E
have I felt like this before
E
Your heart is like a diamond,
E
you throw your pearls at swine
E
And as I watch you leaving me,
E
you pack my peace of mind

Bridge
E

E
Our love was like the water
E
that splashes on a stone
E
Our love was like our music,
E
it's here and then it's gone
E
So take me to the airport
E
and put me on a plane
E
I've got no expectations
E
to pass through here again

Outro E
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You Can't Always Get What You Want

Intro F

F
I saw her today at a reception
F
A glass of wine in her hand
F
I knew she would meet her connection
F
At her feet was her footloose man
F
No, you can't always get what you want
F
You can't always get what you want
F
You can't always get what you want
D
And if you try sometime you find
F
You get what you need
F
I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
F
To get your prescription filled
F
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
F
And man, did he look pretty ill
F
We decided that we would have a soda
F
My favorite flavor, cherry red
F
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
F
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"
F
I said to him
F
You can't always get what you want
F
You can't always get what you want
F
You can't always get what you want
D
But if you try sometimes you just might find
F
You get what you need

Solo
F

F
I saw her today at the reception
F
In her glass was a bleeding man
F
She was practiced at the art of deception
F
Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands
F
You can't always get what you want
F
You can't always get what you want
F
You can't always get what you want
D
But if you try sometimes you just might find
F
You just might find You get what you need
F
You can't always get what you want
F
You can't always get what you want
F
You can't always get what you want
D
But if you try sometimes you just might find
F
You just might find You get what you need, ah yes...
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Sympathy for the Devil

Intro
E
E
Please allow me to introduce myself Im a man of wealth and taste
E
Ive been around for a long, long year Stole many a mans soul and faith
E
And I was round when jesus christ Had his moment of doubt and pain
E
Made damn sure that pilate Washed his hands and sealed his fate
E
Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name
E
But whats puzzling you Is the nature of my game
E
I stuck around st. petersburg When I saw it was a time for a change
E
Killed the czar and his ministers Anastasia screamed in vain
E
I rode a tank Held a generals rank When the blitzkrieg raged And the bodies

stank
E
Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name
E
Ah, whats puzzling you Is the nature of my game
A
I watched with glee While your kings and queens Fought for ten decades For
    E
the gods they made
E
I shouted out, Who killed the kennedys? When after all It was you and me
E
Let me please introduce myself Im a man of wealth and taste
E
And I laid traps for troubadours Who get killed before they reached bombay
E
Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name
                                            E
But whats puzzling you  Is the nature of my game

Solo
E

E
Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name
E
But whats confusing you Is just the nature of my game
E
Just as every cop is a criminal And all the sinners saints
E
As heads is tails Just call me lucifer cause Im in need of some restraint
E
So if you meet me Have some courtesy Have some sympathy, and some taste
E
Use all your well-learned politesse Or Ill lay your soul to waste
E
Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name
E
But whats puzzling you Is the nature of my game

Outro
E (repeat until end)
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Salt of The Earth

E
Lets drink to the hard working people
E
Lets drink to the lowly of birth
E
Raise your glass to the good and the evil
E
Lets drink to the salt of the earth
E
Say a prayer for the common foot soldier
E
Spare a thought for his back breaking work
E
Say a prayer for his wife and his children
E
Who burn the fires and who still till the earth

E

G#m
And when I search a faceless crowd
G#m
A swirling mass of gray and Black and white
A
They dont look real to me
B
In fact, they look so strange
E
Raise your glass to the hard working people
E
Lets drink to the uncounted heads
E
Lets think of the wavering millions
E
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead
E
Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter
E
His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows
E
And a parade of the gray suited grafters
E
A choice of cancer or polio

E

G#m
And when I look in the faceless crowd
G#m
A swirling mass of grays and Black and white
A
They dont look real to me
B
Or dont they look so strange
E
Lets drink to the hard working people
E
Lets think of the lowly of birth
E
Spare a thought for the rag taggy people
E
Lets drink to the salt of the earth
E
Lets drink to the hard working people
E
Lets drink to the salt of the earth
E
Lets drink to the two thousand million
E
Lets think of the humble of birth
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