Sympathy For The Devil Chords & Tabs
Sympathy For The Devil Tab
Rolling Stones, Sympath for the devil.
Tabbed by xfree@crosslink.net.
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
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~~~~~-------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rolling_stones/sympathy_for_the_devil_tab_ver_3.html ]
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-------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
ad lib and fade
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