--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard The Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil (1969) (Jagger/Richards) From: "Beggars Banquet" Not much guitar here (if any, except for the grat lead guitar licks). But here's my reading of what the piano is doing. Enjoy! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 2nd fret play: D key: E --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERSE pattern D C G G/B [c#] D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|2---------------|0---------------|3---------------|2----------[3]--| B|3---------------|1---------------|0---------------|3----------[3]--| G|2---------------|0---------------|0---------0-----|2----------[2]--| D|0---------------|2---------------|0---------0--x--|0---------------| A|----------------|3---------------|----------2--4--|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------| CHORUS

^A1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ^D+ ^A1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ^D1 + 2 + 3 +^Dsus4 4 + ^D1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|0-------------2-|0---------------|2-------------3-|2----------[3-3-|2] B|2-------------3-|2---------------|3-------------3-|3----------[3-3-|3] G|2-------------2-|2---------------|2-------------2-|2----------[2-2-|2] D|2-------------0-|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------[0] A|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

notes in []: single notes (not chords!) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO (percussion and screams) | no chord | % | % | % | | no chord | % | % | % | | no chord | % | VERSE

^DPlease allow me to intro^Cduce myself G G/B [c#] D I'm a man of wealth and taste ^DI've been around for a ^Clong, long year G G/B [c#] D Stole many a man's soul and faith

VERSE

^DAnd I was 'round when ^CJesus Christ G G/B [c#] D Had his moment of doubt and pain Made damn sure that ^CPilate G G/B [c#] | D | % | Washed his hands and sealed his fate

CHORUS

VERSE

^D I stuck around St. ^CPetersburg G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D When I saw it was a time for a change ^D Killed the Czar and his ^Cministers G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D Anastasia screamed in vain

VERSE

^D I rode a tank, held a ^Cgeneral's rank G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D | D | When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank

CHORUS

VERSE

^D I watched with glee while your ^Ckings and queens G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D Fought for ten decades for the Gods they made I ^Dshouted out "Who killed the ^CKennedys?" G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D When after all it was you and me

VERSE

^D Let me please intro^Cduce myself G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D I'm a man of wealth and taste ^D And I laid traps for ^Ctroubadours G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D | D | Who get killed before they reached Bom - bay

CHORUS

SOLO | D | C | G | D | | D | C | G | D | | D | C | G | D | | D | C | G | D | D | CHORUS

VERSE

Just as ^Devery cop is a ^Ccriminal And ^Gall the sinners ^Dsaints As ^Cheads is tails, just call me ^C Lucifer 'Cause I'm in ^Gneed of some re^Dstraint

VERSE

So if you ^Dmeet me have some ^Ccourtesy Have some ^Gsympathy, and some ^Dtaste Use ^Dall your well-learned ^Cpolitesse Or I'll ^Glay your soul to ^Dwaste, um yeah

CHORUS

OUTRO | D | C | G | D | (repeated and faded after ca. 2:00 minutes; solo guitar licks + vocals ad lib) Woo, who Oh yeah, get on down Oh yeah Oh yeah! Tell me baby, what's my name Tell me honey, baby guess my name Tell me baby, what's my name I tell you one time, you're to blame Ooo, who Ooo, who Ooo, who Alright Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Oh, yeah What's my name Tell me, baby, what's my name Tell me, sweetie, what's my name Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Oh, yeah

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil