Sympathy For The Devil Tab by The Rolling Stones

Sympathy For The Devil tab by The Rolling Stones (Ver. 3)

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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	022100
D	XX0232
A	X02220
B	X2444X
A/C#	X4222X
Esus4   022200
E/B	X22100
A/E	002220
G/D     XX0003
E7	022130
D7	XX0212
A7/C#	X4202X

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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

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

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

                      D                 A/C# A                  E  Esus4 E
I made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate



B                                     A E       A/E  E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my  name,

           B                E/B B           A   E    Esus4  E
but what's puzzling you, is the  nature of my game



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

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

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

          E             Esus4    E
and the bodies stank



B                                     A E       A/E  E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my  name,  Oh    yeah

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




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

Esus4 E                            D               A/C#             E           Esus4    E
    I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?" when after all it was you and me

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

                     D                   A/C#                          E        Esus4   E
And I laid traps for troubadours who get killed before they reached Bombay


B                                     A E       Esus4   E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my  name,   Oh      yeah

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


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

 A/C#               D/A     A   E7     A/E     E
|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------14Brp12----|--------------------12-14-14B-|
|--------------------------14--|-----------------14-----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

E7     A/E     E                D7         G/D        D
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------15B-|------------------------------|
|--------------------12-14-----|----------REST----------------|
|-----------------14-----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

 A7/C#     D/A     A             E7     A/E     E
|-17B------17~~~~~~~~-15b------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-17~~~~~----------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

   E7     A/E E                 D7       G/D  D
|--17p15--17--17p15-17-15------|-------15-17--17B-r-15-17p15--|
|-------17-----------------17--|-15h17---------------------17-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

 A7/C#     D/A     A             E7     A/E     E
|------17B--r17-17----15-17-15b|------------------------------|
|----17------------------------|----------------17~~~~~-------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

   E7     A/E    E              D7    G/D   D
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------17------------|------17----17-17-17----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

 A7/C#    D/A   A             E7   A/E E
|------15-17-17b--17--15-17-15bb--------15-17-15p17p15--------|
|---17-------------------------|17-15-17----------------17-17~|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

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

B                    A E
  hope you guessed my name

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



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

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

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

                             D                  A/C#  A          E   Esus4   E
Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste



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

B                   A E     A/E    E
 hope you guessed my name

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


E7           D             A7/C#      A          E7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Last updated: April 29, 2019

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