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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: Standard

Not much guitar here (if any, except for the great lead guitar licks). But
here's my reading of what the piano is doing. Enjoy!

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capo: 2nd fret
play: D
key: E

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[Verse] patter
  D           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|2-----------
B|3-----------
G|2-----------
D|0-----------
A|------------
E|------------

n
     C        
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|0--------
----|1--------
----|0--------
----|2--------
----|3--------
----|---------

        G     
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|3-----
-------|0-----
-------|0-----
-------|0-----
-------|------
-------|3-----

  G/B [c#] D
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|2--
----------|3--
----0-----|2--
----0--x--|0--
----2--4--|---
----------|---

 2 + 3 + 4 +
--------[3]--|
--------[3]--|
--------[2]--|
-------------|
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[Chorus]
  A           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|0-----------
B|2-----------
G|2-----------
D|2-----------
A|0-----------
E|------------

  D  A        
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
--2-|0--------
--3-|2--------
--2-|2--------
--0-|2--------
----|0--------
----|---------

        D     
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|2-----
-------|3-----
-------|2-----
-------|0-----
-------|------
-------|------

     Dsus4 D
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
--------3-|2--
--------3-|3--
--------2-|2--
----------|0--
----------|---
----------|---

 2 + 3 + 4 +
--------[3-3-|2]
--------[3-3-|3]
--------[2-2-|2]
-------------[0]
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notes in []: single notes (not chords!)

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[Intro](percussion and screams)
| no chord | % | % | % |
| no chord | % | % | % |
| no chord | % | 


[Verse]
             
Please allow m

             
e to introduce

     
 myself
            
I'm a man of w

/   [ 
ealth and tast

e
             
I've been arou

         
nd for a long,

 long year
             
Stole many a m

      [ 
an's soul and 


faith


[Verse]
             
And I was 'rou

        
nd when Jesus 

Christ
             
Had his moment

      [ 
 of doubt and 


pain
              
Made damn sure

      
 that Pilate
             
Washed his han

          [
ds and sealed 

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his fate


[Chorus]
             
 Pleased to me

     
et you
            
   Hope you gu

      |     |  |
ess my name
           
But what's puz

zling you
            
Is the  nature

      |     |  |
 of my game


[Verse]
             
 I stuck aroun

      
d St. Petersbu

rg
             
When I saw it 

           
was a time for

 [       
  a   change
             
 Killed the Cz

           
ar and his min

isters
          
Anastasia scre

    [      
amed in  vain


[Verse]
             
 I rode a tank

         
, held a gener

al's rank
             
When the Blitz

            
krieg raged an

 [       
d  the bodies 

        |  |
stank


[Chorus]
             
 Pleased to me

     
et you
            
   Hope you gu

      |     |  |
ess my name
           
But what's puz

zling you
            
 Is the  natur

       |     |  |
e of my game


[Verse]
             
 I watched wit

              
h glee while y

    
our kings and 

queens
             
Fought for ten

          [
 decades for t

          
he  Gods they 

       
made
             
I shouted out 

              
"Who killed th

  
e Kennedys?"
             
When after all

  [    
  it  was you 

          
and me


[Verse]
             
 Let me please

      
 introduce mys

elf
            
I'm a man of w

/   [    
ealth and tast

     
e
             
 And I laid tr

        
aps for trouba

dours
             
Who get killed

              
 before they r

       [
eached Bom  - 

          |  |
 bay 


[Chorus]
             
 Pleased to me

     
et you
            
   Hope you gu

      |     |  |
ess my name
           
But what's puz

zling you
            
 Is the  natur

       |    
e of my game  

 |  |
     (Oh yeah,

 get down, bab

y)

[Solo]
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|  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |
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[Chorus]
             
 Pleased to me

     
et you
            
   Hope you gu

      |     |  |
ess my name
              
But what's con


fusing you
            
 Is just the  

            | 
nature of my g

    |  |
ame       


[Verse]
             
Just as every 

         
cop is a crimi

nal
             
And all the si

      
nners saints
             
As heads is ta

              
ils, just call

    
 me   Lucifer
              
'Cause I'm in 

             
need of some r

 
estraint


[Verse]
             
So if you meet

              
 me have some 


courtesy
             
Have some symp

              
athy, and some

 
 taste
             
Use all your w

            
ell-learned po

litesse
             
Or I'll lay yo

           
ur soul to was

te, um yeah


[Chorus]
             
 Pleased to me

     
et you
            
   Hope you gu

      |     |  |
ess my name
           
But what's puz

zling you
            
 Is the  natur

       |     |  |
e 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