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Sympathy For The Devil Tab by The Rolling Stones

Sympathy For The Devil tab by The Rolling Stones (Ver. 2)

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BASSEOLOGIST


Verse x4
Chorus x2
Verse x4
Chorus x2
Verse x6
Chorus x2
Verse x4
Chorus x2
Verse x4
Chorus x2
Verse xfade
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This tab is a little hard to read but when I do "x" it means how many times to play it
that verse, I'll include the lyrics for the first time but the rest you have to figure out.

-"Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by The Rolling Stones which first --appeared as the
track on the band's 1968 album Beggars Banquet. -It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith
the video "The ----Making of Sympathy for the Devil" Brian Jones plays the rhythm figure
a Gibson SJ-200 Acoustic and I'm quite sure Keith uses a Gibson --Les Paul custom
for the solo.-


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Brian Jones - Rhythm Steel String Acoustic
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Lead With Distortion


Verse

Gtr I (Rhythm Figure) x1
(0:21)
E|-12--------||-10--------||-5---------||-0---------|
B|-12--------||-10--------||-5---------||-0---------|
G|-13--------||-11--------||-6---------||-1---------|
D|-14--------||-12--------||-7---------||-2---------|
A|-14--------||-12--------||-7---------||-2---------|
E|-12--------||-10--------||-5---------||-0---------|
   Please       duce         man          taste

Gtr I (Rhythm Figure II) x3
E|-12-12-12-12-||-10-10-10-10-||-5-5-5-5-||-0-0-0-0-|
B|-12-12-12-12-||-10-10-10-10-||-5-5-5-5-||-0-0-0-0-|
G|-13-13-13-13-||-11-11-11-11-||-6-6-6-6-||-1-1-1-1-|
D|-14-14-14-14-||-12-12-12-12-||-7-7-7-7-||-2-2-2-2-|
A|-14-14-14-14-||-12-12-12-12-||-7-7-7-7-||-2-2-2-2-|
E|-12-12-12-12-||-10-10-10-10-||-5-5-5-5-||-0-0-0-0-|
   I've           long           many      faith

When you go into the next verses you do the Rhythm Figure II four times.

Chorus

Gtr I (Rhythm Figure)
E|-0-0-0-0--||-7-7-7-7--||-7-7-7-7--||-0-0-0-0--|
B|-0-0-0-0--||-7-7-7-7--||-7-7-7-7--||-0-0-0-0--|
G|-1-1-1-1--||-8-8-8-8--||-8-8-8-8--||-1-1-1-1--|
D|-2-2-2-2--||-9-9-9-9--||-9-9-9-9--||-2-2-2-2--|
A|-2-2-2-2--||-9-9-9-9--||-9-9-9-9--||-2-2-2-2--|
E|-0-0-0-0--||-7-7-7-7--||-7-7-7-7--||-0-0-0-0--|
              Pleased                   Name
On the first E chord (any time after the first time) if you want to add this figure as
Jones does you can.

E|-0-0-0-0--||
B|-0-0-0-0--||
G|-0-1-0-1--||
D|-0-2-0-2--||
A|-0-2-0-2--||
E|-0-0-0-0--||

Gtr II (Solo)
(2:48)

|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------14Brp12----|------------------------------|
|--------------------------14--|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|


|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------14Brp12----|--------------------12-14-14B-|
|--------------------------14--|-----------------14-----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|


|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------15b-|------------------------------|
|--------------------12-14-----|------------------------------|
|-----------------14-----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|-17B------17---------15b------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-17---------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|--17p15--17--17p15-17-15------|-------15-17--17B-r-15-17p15--|
|-------17-----------------17--|-15h17---------------------17-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------17B--r17-17----15-17-15b|------------------------------|
|----17------------------------|----------------17~~~~~-------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------17------------|------17----17-17-17----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------15-17-17b--17--15-17-15bb--------15-17-15p17p15--------|
|---17-------------------------|17-15-17----------------17-17-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------17-----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-14p--------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|


Gtr II (Solo II)
(4:42)

|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----14Brp12-------------------|------------------------------|
|------------14----------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
|----14Brp12-------------------|-----12-14-14B--14-12-14-12---|
|------------14----------------|--14-----------------------14-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|----12--15--------------------|----12--15--------------------|
|----------15------------------|----------15------------------|
|-------------14Brp12----------|---------------12-------------|
|---------------------14-------|-------------------14---------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|----12--15--------------------|-------------------12------15B|
|----------15------------------|------------------------12----|
|-------------12bb-------------|------------------------------|
|------------------14--12------|-14p--------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----14b(15)----------------- |
|------------- ----------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|---17B----17----15-17--15bb---|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------12-14--14-12\---------|
|------------------------------|---14-------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

Hope you like my tab, sorry it's a little confusing but you get the idea! -Basseologist

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