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~~ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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A/C# D/A A E7 A/E E
| 12 | |
| 15p12 | |
| 14Brp12 | 12 14 14B |
| 14 | 14 |
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E7 A/E E D7 G/D D
A7/C# D/A A E7 A/E E
| 17B 17~~~~~~~~ 15b | |
| | 17~~~~~ |
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E7 A/E E D7 G/D D
| 17p15 17 17p15 17 15 | 15 17 17B r 15 17p15 |
| 17 17 | 15h17 17 |
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A7/C# D/A A E7 A/E E
| 17B r17 17 15 17 15b | |
| 17 | 17~~~~~ |
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E7 A/E E D7 G/D D
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~ |
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A/E E B E/B
Pleased to meet you
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17~~~~~ | |
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| | 14p |
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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
A/C#
D
| 12 | |
| 12 | |
| 14Brp12 | 12 14 14B 14 12 14 12 |
| 14 | 14 14 |
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A/C# A E
D
| 12 15 | 12 15 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 14Brp12 | 12 |
| 14 | 14 |
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A/C# A E
| 12 15 | 12 15B |
| 15 | 12 |
| 12bb | |
| 14 12 | 14p |
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D
A/C# A E
D
A/C# A E
ad lib and fade