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Sympathy For The Devil Tab

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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~~~~~-------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

   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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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Daniel Average	#1 by Daniel Rainbolt at Jul 21, 2006 at 3:20 AM EST
	what a song, jj summed it up nicely, but the devil is made up by christian people in response to all the bad happinings in this world, what ever christians believe, the fact is there will always be hate, violence, greed and so on in this world while human beings exist. this song is a tribute to all the evil events thru history, and believe me people it will not end, genious lyrics boys.

No Picture Matt Average	#2 by Matt Waas at Oct 10, 2006 at 8:37 AM EST
	They really outdid themselves with this song....another original masterpiece....lyrics have pretty good meaning and it sounds awesome!

No Picture Steven Average	#3 by Steven Daniel at Apr 26, 2007 at 12:35 PM EST
	"this song is a tribute to all the evil events thru history, and believe me people it will not end, genious lyrics boys. " I agree, 9/11 would be in this song if it was written later. trou·ba·dour - One of a class of 12th-century and 13th-century lyric poets in Southern France, northern Italy, and northern Spain, who composed songs in langue d'oc often about courtly love. -A strolling minstrel. Like everyone else i have no idea.

No Picture Average	#4 by nirvana at Jun 1, 2007 at 7:44 AM EST
	I understand this as an admonishment that evil is nothing new and can disguise itself in many forms, as it has thru history.Even Christ faced this dilemma (of course, HE recognized it for what it was) Sympathy is thinking like the devil, the ultimate enemy, to effectively recognize and resist. It's a warning to those who are naive and accept everything at face value. Writing this in the first person further drives home the point of entering the mind of the ultimate enemy. I find this song almost too profound for a robot, take- everything-literally Christian to comprehend.Few ever get past the knee-jerk reaction because it portrays the devil in the first person. mmmmmm......... makes ya think, huh?