Sympathy For The Devil Tabs by The Rolling Stones

Sympathy For The Devil tab by The Rolling Stones

Guitar tabs

It's not easy to find accurate and complete guitar tabs for this The Rolling Stones classic out there.
This should be close to 100% I think. Enjoy!

Intro      Verse 1
 Q=115(16=s16)
 4/4
 Gtr I
 Wx10      W     W     H  +E E +S E.
|-------------||-----------|----------|-5----(5)-----------|
|-------------||o-9--------|-7--------|-5----(5)-----------|
|-------------||--9--------|-7--------|-6----(6)-----------|
|-------------||--9--------|-7--------|-7----(7)-----------|
|-------------||o-7--------|-5--------|----------4-(4)-6---|
|-------------||-----------|----------|-5----(5)-----------|

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 1.        2.
 H.   +E E   H.   +E E   W     W
|----------------||----------------||-----------|------|
|-9-------(9)---o||--9-------(9)---||o-9--------|-7----|
|-9-------(9)----||--9-------(9)---||--9--------|-7----|
|-9-------(9)----||--9-------(9)---||--9--------|-7----|
|-7-------(7)---o||--7-------(7)---||o-7--------|-5----|
|-------------7--||--------------7-||-----------|------|


           1.         2.
 H  +E E +S E.  H.   +E E   H.   +E  E  W
|-5----(5)----------|----------------||-----------------|------||
|-5----(5)----------|-9-------(9)---o||--9-------(9)-10-|-9----||
|-6----(6)----------|-9-------(9)----||--9-------(9)--9-|-9----||
|-7----(7)----------|-9-------(9)----||--9-------(9)--9-|-9----||
|----------4-(4)-6--|-7-------(7)---o||--7-------(7)----|-7----||
|-5----(5)----------|-------------7--||-----------------|------||


  Chorus
                1.
  H.   +E E  H.   Q  H.   +E  E  H.   +E E
||--7-------(7)-7-|-7-------5--|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-7-------(7)-7-|-7-------5--|-9-------(9)--10-|-9-------(9)----o||
||--8-------(8)-9-|-8-------6--|-9-------(9)---9-|-9-------(9)-----||
||--9-------(9)---|-9----------|-9-------(9)---9-|-9-------(9)-----||
||o---------------|------------|-7-------(7)-----|-7-------(7)----o||
||--7-------(7)---|-7----------|-----------------|-------------9---||


                       Verse 2
 2.
 H  +E  E +S  E.  H  +E E +S E.   Q E S S E E +S S E
|----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|
|-9----(9)-10-(10)-10--|-9----(9)-9-(9)-9--||o-9--9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-|
|-9----(9)--9--(9)--9--|-9----(9)-9-(9)-9--||--9--9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-|
|-9----(9)--9--(9)--9--|-9----(9)-9-(9)-9--||--9--9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-|
|-7----(7)-------------|-7----(7)-7-(7)-7--||o-7--7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|
|----------------------|-------------------||-----------------------|


 E E E S S S S E +S S E  E E E S S S S S S +S S E
|-------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|


 E E E S S +S S E +S S E 3x
|------------------------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-10-(10)-9-9-o||
|-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9--9--(9)-9-9--||
|-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9--9--(9)-9-9--||
|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-----------7-o||
|------------------------------||


             Chorus
 Q E S S E E +S E.   E E E S S +S S E S E.  E E E S S +S S E +S E.
|---------------------||--7---7-7-7-(7)-7-----7--|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-5---|
|-9--9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9--||o-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-9---7--|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-5---|
|-9--9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9--||--8---8-8-8-(8)-8-9---8--|-8---8-8-8-(8)-8-8-(8)-6---|
|-9--9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9--||--9---9-9-9-(9)-9-9---9--|-9---9-9-9-(9)-9-9-(9)-----|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7--||o------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------||--7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7---7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-----|


              1.            2.
 E E E. S S S E +S E.  E E S E. E. S +E E   E E E S S S S E S E.
|-------------------------|----------------------||------------------------||
|-9-9-9--9-9-9-10-(10)-9--|-9-9-9-9-------------o||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10---9--||
|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9--(9)-9--|-9-9-9-9--------------||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9--||
|-9-9-9--9-9-9--9--(9)-9--|-9-9-9-9--------------||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9--||
|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7--(7)-7--|-7-7-7-7--7--6-(6)---o||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7----7----||
|-------------------------|-------------------9--||------------------------||


  Verse 3
  Q E S S E E +S S E  E E E S S E E +S S E
||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-9--9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|
||--9--9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|
||--9--9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|
||o-7--7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|


 E E E S S S S S S +S S E  Q E S S +S S E +S S E 4x
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-----------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-9--9-9-9-(9)-9-10-(10)-9-9-o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-|-9--9-9-9-(9)-9--9--(9)-9-9--||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-9--9-9-9-(9)-9--9--(9)-9-9--||
|---------------------------|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-----------7-o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-----------------------------||


             Chorus
 E E E S S S S E E E   E E E S S +S E S S S S S  E E E S S +S E S E E
|---------------------||--7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----||o-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----||--8---8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8---8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-6-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----||--9---9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9---9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------||--7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7---|


              1.            2.
 E E E. S +S S E S E.  E E E S S E. S +E E   Q E S S E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------||-------------------||
|-9-9-9--9-(9)-9-10---10--|-9-9-9-9-9------------o||--9--9-9-9-9-10-9--||
|-9-9-9--9-(9)-9--9----9--|-9-9-9-9-9-------------||--9--9-9-9-9--9-9--||
|-9-9-9--9-(9)-9--9----9--|-9-9-9-9-9-------------||--9--9-9-9-9--9-9--||
|-7-7-7--7-(7)-7----7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-(6)---o||--7--7-7-7-7----7--||
|-------------------------|--------------------9--||-------------------||


 Guitar Solo
 Gtr II
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~
         |-----3-----|  |------3------|
   Q    E S S    S  S   +S   S   E +Q
|----------------12----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------15-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------12--14b16r(14)p===12----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------14-(14)-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| a E E a E S   a S   +S     S   a E  S  E.
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----12-------12----------12----(12)-----------------12------12--|
|-12h13----12h13-------12h13----(13)--------------12h13------13--|
|-------14-------14-------------------------14-----------14------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|


 ~~~~~~                             ~~~~~~~~~
                     |--3--| |----3-----|
  +W                E  S S S S   +S  S E  +H
|----------------------------------|-----12------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------12---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------12-14b16r(14)p12----------------------|
|-(14)-----------------------------|----------------------------14---(14)------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E E E S S S S E a E E  E a E    E       S S +S S E a Q
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|--10----10---13-------12----10----|------5--------5---------------5--(5)---7---5----|
|--11----11---13h14----12-10h11----|---5h=6--------6---------------6--(6)---7-5h6----|
|------0----0-------10----------12-|-----------------------------7--------7----------|
|----------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|


  +E  E   Q     E   E   S  E   S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12--14----14b16-|
|-(14)\------------------------14---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E  S S +S  E S S S S S +S  S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------15---------14----12-------14-(14)----12-------|
|-------15h16-(16)-14----12h13----14-(14)----12h13----|
|---------------------14-------14---------14----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---0-------------------------------------------------|


 H          E   E   S  E   S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------15b17==|
|---------------------------------12--14-----------|
|--------------------------14----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S +S  E S S S S S +S  S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---15---------14----12-------14-(14)----12--------|
|---15h16-(16)-14----12h13----14-(14)----12h13-----|
|-----------------14-------14---------14-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------------------|


 +E  E   Q    H
|------------------------------------------------|
|=(15)r------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E  S S +S  E S S S S S +S  S E
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------13---------12---10-------12-(12)----10---|
|-------13h14-(14)-12---10h11----12-(12)----11---|
|---------------------0-------12---------12------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---0--------------------------------------------|

         ~~~
  E    +E  H        +S  E    +S
|-17b19====(17)r-17--------------(17)-15b16====(15)r-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| E   a  E  +S E S S S S S +S  S   E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------8---(8)-7---5-----7--(7)--------5-------|
|--------8h==9---(9)-7---5h6---7--(7)--------6-------|
|----------------------7-----7---------7-------------|
|--0-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


  ~~~
                             |----3----|
  Q.   E  H        E   S S S S E   S  S   S S S E   E
|------------------------------|------17p15----17--------17p=16p===15-------15-------|
|-17---------------------------|------------17------------------------17p15-------17-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| E  E E S S +S S E S S S S  E a E   e   S S +S   S   E   S S E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----/3-3---3-(3)---3-2---0---|------15----15-------15-(15)----------14----12-------|
|-----/4-4---4-(4)---4-2---0h1-|---15h16----16-------16-(16)----------14----12h13----|
|----------2-------2-----2-----|------------------14------------14----------------14-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------------|-0---------------------------------------------------|


 E   e S e  S   +S  E   S S S e
|---------15-17---17b19==(17)r-17----15-17-15----|
|------17-------------------------------------17-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| E a e e  S S   +S  S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------------|
|------13-13------13-----(13)-----12----10-------|
|---13h14-14------14-----(14)-----12----10h11----|
|-0-------------0---------------0-----0-------12-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


 E  E S   e  S   S  S E  S e  S
|--------17b19-17---17b19-----17-----15-17---15-|
|-----17----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| E a e e    S S  +S  S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------5--5----------5----(5)----7----5---------|
|---5h=6--6----------6----(6)----7----5h=6------|
|------------------------------7---7-------7----|
|-0---------------0-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


            ~~~
  +H          H
|-(15)---------------------------------------|
|----------------------17--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
|  E  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|------15------15------15------15------15----|
|------15h16---15h16---15h16---15h16---15h16-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---0--------0-------0-------0-------0-------|


 H         q     Q      Q    q     S e  S Q
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------17--------------------|---------17---------17-17---17------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---15------15------15------15------15----|---13-------13------13------13------13----|
|---15h16---15h16---15h16---15h16---15h16-|---13h14----13h14---13h14---13h14---14----|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0--------0-------0-------0-------0-------|


 E  E S E  S   +S  E.  S E  S
|--------15-17---17b19==(17)r-17----15-17---15-|
|-----17---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| E a E E  S S   +S  S E S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|------8--8-------8------(8)------7--5---------|
|---8h=9--9-------9------(9)------7--5h=6------|
|-----------------------------------------7----|
|-0------------0---------------0---------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


                          ~~
                   |---3----|
  +Q.      S S  S  S S S S S   S S S
|-(15)---------------------15-17p15-17p15----17-------|
|---------------17-15--17------------------------0-17-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E  a E E S S +S  S E   S   S   E
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------15-15----15-(15)----14----12----------------|
|------15h16-16----16-(16)----14----12h===13----------|
|---------------14---------14-------------------14----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---0-------------------------------------------------|

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  +H         H
|---------------------------------------------||
|-(17)----------------17----------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|
|  E  S S S E S S S S S +S  S E
|---------------------------------------------||
|------12-------14----12-------14-(14)----12\-||
|------12h13----14----12h13----14-(14)----13\-||
|--14--------14----14-------14---------14-----||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||


 Chorus
  q  Q   H       W            W
|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-14\----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-14\----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E S S +S E S S E.  E E E S S +S E S E E  E S S E S S S S E S E.
|-----7-7---7-(7)-7---7-7--|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5-|---------------------------|
|-----7-7---7-(7)-7---7-7--|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10---10---|
|-----8-8---8-(8)-8---8-9--|-8---8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-6-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9----9---|
|-----9-9---9-(9)-9---9-9--|-9---9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9---|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9----9---|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----7------|
|--7--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7---|---------------------------|


 Gtr I
 E E E S S E E E E  E E E S S S S E +S E.  E E E S S +S S E +S E.
|-------------------|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7--|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-5---|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-------|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7--|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-5---|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-------|-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-(8)-9--|-8---8-8-8-(8)-8-8-(8)-6---|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-------|-9---9-9-9-9-9-9-(9)-9--|-9---9-9-9-(9)-9-9-(9)-----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6---|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-(7)-----|


                         Verse 4
 E E E S S S S E S E.  E E E S S S S E S E.  E E a E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||------------------------|
|-9---9-9-9-9-9-9---10--|-9---9-9-9-9-9-9---10--||--------12-------12-----|
|-9---9-9-9-9-9-9----9--|-9---9-9-9-9-9-9----9--||-----12h13-------13-----|
|-9---9-9-9-9-9-9----9--|-9---9-9-9-9-9-9----9--||------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-0-0-------0-0-0----0-0-|

[
  a E E E S S +S  S E E E  E a E E S S S S E E E
|------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----10----10----10-(10)----12-10-10-|-----5-5---5-----7-5---|
|-10h11----11----11-(11)----12-11-11-|---5h6-6---6-----7-6---|
|-------12----12---------12----12-12-|-----5-5---5-----7-5---|
|------------------------------------|-0-------0-----0-----0-|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------|


 E a e E S S +S  S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------|
|------15-15----15-(15)----14----12--------|
|---15h16-16----16-(16)----14----12h13-----|
|------------14---------14----14-------14--|
|------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------|


 E a e E S S +S  S S S S S E  E a e E S S +S S E S E.
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------12-12----12-(12)----14----12-------|------10-10---10-(10)---10---10--|
|---12h13-13----13-(13)----14----12h13----|---10h11-11---11-(11)---11---11--|
|------------14---------14----14-------14-|-0----------0---------0----0-----|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


 a E E E S S +S S E S E.  E a e E S S +S  S S S S S E
|---5---5---5-(5)---5---5--|-----------------------------------------|
|---5---5---5-(5)---5---5--|------12-12----12-(12)----14----12-------|
|-5h6---6---6-(6)---6---6--|---12h13-13----13-(13)----14----12h13----|
|-----7---7-------7---7----|------------14---------14----14-------14-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-0---------------------------------------|


 E a e E S S +S  S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|------15-15----15-(15)----14----12-------|
|---15h16-16----16-(16)----14----12h13----|
|------------14---------14----14-------14-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------|


 E a E E S S +S S E a E E  E a E E S S +S E S E E
|------------------------------------|-----5-5---5-(5)-5---5-5-|
|------10-10---10-(10)---12----10----|-----5-5---5-(5)-5---5-5-|
|---10h11-11---11-(11)---12-10h11----|---5h6-6---6-(6)-6---6-6-|
|-0----------0---------0----------12-|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------0---------0-----|
|------------------------------------|-0-----------------------|


 E e E S S +S E S S S E  E S S e S S +S E S S S S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---6-6---6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|---5s6-6---6-(6)-6---6-6-6-6-|
|---7-7---7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|---7---7---7-(7)-7---7-7-7-7-|
|-0-----0-----------------|-0-------0---------0---------|


 E e E S S E. S +S S S S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-(4)-4-4-4--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)-5-5-5--|


 E e E S S E S S +S S E  E e E S S +S E S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|---6-6-------6-6-(6)-6---|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|---7-7-------7-7-(7)-7-6-|---7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5---|-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


 E e E S S +S E S S S S S
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|---9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9--||
|---7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--||


 Chorus
 E E E S S +S E S S S E  E E E S S +S E S E E  E E E S S E E S S E
|---7-7---7-(7)-7---7-----|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5-|------------------------|
|---7-7---7-(7)-7---7---9-|-7---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5-|-9---9-9-9-9-10---10----|
|---8-8---8-(8)-8---8---9-|-8---8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-6-|-9---9-9-9-9--9----9----|
|---9-9---9-(9)-9---9---9-|-9---9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9---|-9---9-9-9-9--9----9----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7----7----7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7---|------------------------|


 E E E E E E S S E  E E E E E E S S S S  E E E S S +S S E Q
|-------------------|-7---7---------------|---7-7---7-(7)-----7---|
|-9---9-----9---9---|-7---7-----9---9---9-|---7-7---7-(7)---9-7---|
|-9---9-----9---9---|-8---8-----9---9---9-|---8-8---8-(8)---9-8---|
|-9---9-----9---9---|-9---9-----9---9---9-|---9-9---9-(9)---9-9---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------9-|-7-7-7-7-7---7---7---|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7---7---|


 E E E S S E E S S E  E E E E S S S S +S S E
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-9---9-9-9-9-10---10---|-9---9-----9-9-9-(9)-9-9-||
|-9---9-9-9-9--9----9---|-9---9-----9-9-9-(9)-9-9-||
|-9---9-9-9-9--9----9---|-9---9-----9-9-9-(9)-9-9-||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7----7----7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||


 Outro
  a E E a E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|----12------15---15-------14-12----------|
|-12h13---15h16---15h16----14-12h13----13-|
|-----------------------14----------14----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------0-------0-------------------------|


 E a e a E S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|------13----13---13------12-10----------|
|---13h14-13h14---13h14---12-10h11----11-|
|-0-------------0-------0----------12----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


 E E E S S E E S S S S  E E S E S E S S +S S E
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|---8-8---8---7-5-------|---9---10---9---10-(10)---7-|
|---8-9---8h9-7-5h6---6-|---8----7---7----7--(7)---9-|
|-------------------7---|---9----9---9----9--(9)---7-|
|-0-----0---------------|-7---7----7---7---------7---|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|


 Gtr II
 W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E a E S E S S S S S +S  S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|------15----14----12-------14-(14)----12----|
|---15h16----14----12h13----14-(14)----12h13-|
|---------14----14-------14---------14-------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------------|


 E   E   +S  S E  H
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------14b16r(14)p12--------------------------------|
|--------------------14-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| E a E   S  E  S S S S S +S  S S S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------13---------12------10-------12-(12)----10----|
|---12h14---------12------10h11----12-(12)----10-11-|
|-0------------0--------0-------12---------12-------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


           |---3----|
 Q   E.  S   +S  S  S +E  Q     W
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------14b15r(14)p12---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------14-(14)-----------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E a E E S S   +S   S   S S S S S S  E S S S E S +S E. E E
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----8-8-----8-----(8)-----------7----5-------|---3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3--3-3-|
|---8h9-9-----9-----(9)-----------7----5h6---6-|---3-4-4-4-4-(4)-4--4-4-|
|------------------------------------------7---|------------------------|
|-0--------0---------------0---------0---------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-0----------------------|


 S T T S S   +T  T E.   Q     Q
|---12-------------------------------------------------|
|------15----------------------------------------------|
|---------12-14b16r(14)p12-----------------------------|
|--------------------------14------12tr14--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E    S S   S   E  S +S   E. E S S
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------15--------15-----15--15-(15)----15--14-12----|
|---------15h16-----16-----16--16-(16)----16--14-12h13-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------------------|


 E E   S e S   +S  e  S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------12-14-14b16==(14)r-14--12-14-12-------|
|---14------------------------------------14----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S S E S   +S  E.   E   S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---13----13-13-13-----(13)--13-----12----10----|
|---13h14-14-14-14-----(14)--14-----12----10h11-|
|-0---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


 Gtr I
 E S S S E S +S E S E S S  E a E E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|---8---8-8-8-(8)-8-8-7-5---|------12-12----12-------12-------12-------|
|---8h9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-7-5h6-|---12h13-13----12h13----12h13----12h13----|
|---------------------------|------12-12-12-------12-------12-------12-|
|-0-------------------------|-0----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|


 Gtr II
                     ~~~~~~~
  E   E   S S E   E     S S +E   E
|-------12---------------------------------------------|
|----------------15------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12b12.5----------------------|
|---------------------------------------14-(14)---(12)-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S S S S S S S S S    S S S  S S  E
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-------12-------12------------12--------12---------|
|-12h13----12h13----12h13---------12h13-----12h13------|
|-------12-------12-------12------------12---------12--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


                      ~~~~~~~
  E   e   S S E   S   +e    S +Q
|-------12------------------------------------------------|
|----------------15---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12b13==(12)r--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------14-(14)---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S    S  S S  S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10------------10----------10----------|
|-10h11----10h11----10h11---------10h==11-----10h11----11-|
|-------10-------10-------10--------------10--------10----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


 E.   S E E  S   +S  E E  E
|--------12---------------------------------|
|-------------15----------------------------|
|------------------12b13==(12)r-------------|
|---------------------------------14---12---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| E a E  E S S +E      E S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|------8----8----8-(8)----------7--5--------|
|----8h9----9----9-(9)----------7--5h6----6-|
|---------------------------------------7---|
|-0------------0----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


  Q     Q    E   e S e   S
|------------x--------------12----------------|
|------------x-----------------15-12----15b17-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-14\-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| E  a E E S S +S  S E S S E
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------15-15---15-(15)----14-12-------------|
|-----15h16-16---16-(16)----14-12h13----------|
|------------------------14----------14-------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------0------------------------------|


  W
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| E E S S S S +S  S E S S S S
|-12-------------12-(12)-------------------|
|-12-14-12-------12-(12)----14-12----------|
|----14-12h13---------------14-12h13----13-|
|-------------14---------14----------14----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


        ~~~
 E.    S H.
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------10s17----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| E  a E   E S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------10----10----10-(10)---12---10-------|
|----10h11----11----11-(11)---12---10h11----|
|-0---------------0---------0----0-------12-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


   +Q    +E   E  H
|------------------------------------------|
|---(17)-----(17)\-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| a  E a E  S  E  S S S S S +S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|-----5----5-------7-----8-----7-(7)---5---|
|-5h==6--5h6-------7-----8h9---7-(7)---6---|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------------0-------0-----0-------0---0-|
|------------------------------------------|


 E S    +S  S S E   S e S +Q
|---17b18.5==(17)r----17------15-17-15-(15)-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| E S     S  S E  S S E S +S  E S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---15-------------15------15----15-15-(15)-15-15-|
|---15h=======16---16------15h16-16-16-(16)-16-16-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------0--------------------------|


                         ~~~
  +Q   Q  H    H  E.  S   +S  S  E
|-(15)\--------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------14b16r(14)p12-----|
|--------------------|--------------------------14-|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------|


 ~~~~~~~
  +Q   Q  H    E E  S E s H
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------17\------|
|--------------------|-------12-14----------|
|-(14)\--------------|---14-----------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|


 E E  Q  H     E E  Q  H
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---17\---------------|---13\--------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|


 E  E Q  H     E  E  S E  S S S E  q
|--------------------|-----0--15-17--17---17----15----|
|--------------------|---/17--------------------------|
|----12\-------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|


                   ~~~~~~~~
 W         E E    +E   E  +H
|-----------------|---17b19===(17)r--17--(17)-------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|


  +Q  Q  H     W       E  e S s E  q  Q
|-(17)---------------|--------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|----12---12----12\--------|
|--------------------|--------------|----13---13----13\--------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------------------|


 E E S S E  q   Q   E  Q  E H
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---10-------10--10\--------|---------------------|
|---11----11-----11\--------|----------9----------|
|---------------------------|----/11--------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|


 H   E  E   +E.  +T  T  E  E q  H
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|----------14b16==(14)r==(14)p12-|------------------|
|--------------------------------|-14---------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----12-12--------|


 E E    +E   E  E    +E   Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|---15b17===(15)r--15-----------------------|
|----------------------12b13===(12)r--------|
|-------------------------------------14\---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


           ~~~~~~~~~~~
 W       E  Q.   +H     e S S Q  H
|--------------|----------------------|-------x----------|
|--------------|----/17-----(17)------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|-13\--------------|
|--------------|----------------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------------------|------------------|


  ~~~
  W     E e S e S  S E S S S E
|------------|------15-17-17b19---17-15-17-15----|
|-/17--------|---17---------------------------17-|
|------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------|-----------------------------------|


 E E   E S S  S E S S S E  H  Q E S S
|---17b18-17-15-17b19---17-15-17-15----|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------17-|-----------15-12-|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|


  |----3-----|
  S   +S  S E +q  H   W     E E Q E E Q  Wx3
|------------------------------|----------|---12\------x\----|--------*|
|------------------------------|----------|---12\------x\----|--------*|
|-14b16r(14)p12----------------|----------|------------------|--------*|
|---------------14-(14)\-------|----------|------------------|--------*|
|------------------------------|----------|------------------|--------*|
|------------------------------|----------|------------------|--------*|

Sympathy For The Devil tab

The Rolling Stones tabs for Sympathy for the devil

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Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones guitar tabs playing instructions.

"Sympathy for the devil" is the opening track of The Rolling Stones’s album “Beggars Banquet” released in 1968. The song is written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, like so many other The Rolling Stones songs. Jagger originally intended it as a folk like song, but on Richards’s idea the tempo was changed and percussion added, making the song the classic it is today. The song has an almost hypnotic groove, rising in intensity throughout the song. That should be kept in mind while playing these “Sympathy for the devil” guitar tabs.

The song was controversial in it’s day. It provoked media rumors that The Rolling Stones were devil worshippers. The song, however, is about at the violent history of mankind. Keith Richards plays electric solo-guitar on the song. He describes the playing style as having a "jazz latin style, like Kenny Clarke would have played." A good reference to check out before playing these Rolling Stones Sympathy for the devil guitar tabs.

In the film "Sympathy for the devil" Brian Jones is seen playing acoustic guitar. However, the acoustic guitar is not audible in the final mix. Keith Richards also plays bass guitar on “Sympathy for the devil”! Bill Wyman only plays maracas.

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