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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
             
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 s

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tank


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 Bombay


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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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