Sympathy For The Devil Tab

by The Rolling Stones
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Rolling Stones, Sympath for the devil.
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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
 
[Solo 1]
  E         A/E      E           D         G/D        D
e|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
B|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
G|-------------------14Brp12----|------------------------------|
D|--------------------------14~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
  A/C#               D/A     A   E7     A/E     E
e|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
B|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
G|-------------------14Brp12----|--------------------12-14-14B-|
D|--------------------------14--|-----------------14-----------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
 E7     A/E     E                D7         G/D        D
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--------------------------15B-|------------------------------|
G|--------------------12-14-----|----------REST----------------|
D|-----------------14-----------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
  A7/C#     D/A     A             E7     A/E     E
e|-17B------17~~~~~~~~-15b------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-17~~~~~----------------------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
    E7     A/E E                 D7       G/D  D
e|--17p15--17--17p15-17-15------|-------15-17--17B-r-15-17p15--|
B|-------17-----------------17--|-15h17---------------------17-|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
  A7/C#     D/A     A             E7     A/E     E
e|------17B--r17-17----15-17-15b|------------------------------|
B|----17------------------------|----------------17~~~~~-------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
    E7     A/E    E              D7    G/D   D
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------17------------|------17----17-17-17----------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
  A7/C#    D/A   A             E7   A/E E
e|------15-17-17b--17--15-17-15bb--------15-17-15p17p15--------|
B|---17-------------------------|17-15-17----------------17-17~|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
                    A/E E         B                     E/B
                                    Pleased to meet you
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--17~~~~~------|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-14p--------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
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
 
[Solo 2]
                                 E
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
  A/C#
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----14Brp12-------------------|----------REST----------------|
D|------------14----------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
                                 D
e|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----14Brp12-------------------|-----12-14-14B--14-12-14-12---|
D|------------14----------------|--14-----------------------14-|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
  A/C#      A                    E
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|----------REST----------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
                                 D
e|----12--15--------------------|----12--15--------------------|
B|----------15------------------|----------15------------------|
G|-------------14Brp12----------|---------------12-------------|
D|---------------------14-------|-------------------14---------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
     A/C#      A                  E
e|----12--15--------------------|-------------------12------15B|
B|----------15------------------|------------------------12----|
G|-------------12bb-------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------14--12------|-14p--------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
                                D
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-----15B----------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
 A/C#               A           E
e|------------------------------|---17B----17----15-17--15bb---|
B|----------r-------------------|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
                                D
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
 A/C#            A              E
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------REST----------------|--------12-14--14-12\---------|
D|------------------------------|---14-------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
********************************
 
| 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
 
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14 comments
gitargurrl
its pretty good but sorta hard to read during the solo part.
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LaGrange
nice but hard to read, maybe do another version please. awsome.
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jerseyguitarman
solo has some minor things wrong, but for the most part is right, the rest of the song is right on the money.
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