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Tuning: G C E A
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Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones
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Written by: Jagger/Richards
From: "Beggars Banquet" (1969)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C
My reading of what the piano is doing.
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CHORDS
g-C-E-A
Esus4 4-4-0-0 or 2-4-0-2
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INTRO (percussion and screams)
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VERSE
EPlease allow me to introDduce myself
I'm a Aman of wealth and Etaste
EI've been around for a Dlong, long year
Stole Amany a man's soul and fEaith
VERSE
EAnd I was 'round when DJesus Christ
Had his Amoment of doubt and Epain
Made damn sure that DPilate
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Washed his hands and sealed his fate
CHORUS
B Pleased to meet you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Hope you guess my name
But what's Bpuzzling you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Is the nature of my game
VERSE
E I stuck around St. DPetersburg
When I Asaw it was a time for a EchangeEsus4 E
E Killed the Czar and his Dministers
AnasAtasia screamed in Evain Esus4 E
VERSE
E I rode a tank, held a Dgeneral's rank
A E Esus4 E | E |
When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank
CHORUS
B Pleased to meet you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Hope you guess my name
But what's Bpuzzling you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Is the nature of my game
VERSE
E I watched with glee while your Dkings and queens
Fought for Aten decades for the GEods they made Esus4 E
I Eshouted out "Who killed the DKennedys?"
When Aafter all it was yEou and me Esus4 E
VERSE
E Let me please introDduce myself
I'm a Aman of wealth and Etaste Esus4 E
E And I laid traps for Dtroubadours
A E Esus4 E | E |
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
CHORUS
B Pleased to meet you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Hope you guess my name
But what's Bpuzzling you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Is the nature of my game (Oh yeah, get down, baby)
SOLO
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CHORUS
B Pleased to meet you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Hope you guess my name
But what's conBfusing you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Is just the nature of my game
VERSE
Just as Eevery cop is a Dcriminal
And Aall the sinners Esaints
As Dheads is tails, just call me D Lucifer
'Cause I'm in Aneed of some reEstraint
VERSE
So if you Emeet me have some Dcourtesy
Have some Asympathy, and some Etaste
Use Eall your well-learned Dpolitesse
Or I'll Alay your soul to Ewaste, um yeah
CHORUS
B Pleased to meet you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Hope you guess my name
But what's Bpuzzling you
E B | E Esus4 | E |
Is the nature of my game
OUTRO
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(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