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The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

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 {t:Sympathy for the Devil}
 {st:The Rolling Stones}
 
 capo: 2nd fret
 play: D
 key: E
 
 
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 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] [+] 
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 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---------------|----------------|
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 CHORUS
 [A] [D] [A] [D][Dsus4][D]
 [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] 
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 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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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 notes in []: single notes (not chords!)
 
 
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 INTRO (percussion and screams)
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 VERSE
 [D]Please allow me to intro[C]duce myself
 G G/B [c#] D
 I'm a man of wealth and taste
 [D]I've been around for a [C]long, long year
 G G/B [c#] D
 Stole many a man's soul and faith
 
 VERSE
 [D]And I was 'round when [C]Jesus Christ
 G G/B [c#] D
 Had his moment of doubt and pain
 Made damn sure that [C]Pilate
 G G/B [c#] | D | % |
 Washed his hands and sealed his fate
 
 CHORUS
 [A] Pleased to meet you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Hope you guess my name
 But what's [A]puzzling you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Is the nature of my game
 
 VERSE
 [D] I stuck around St. [C]Petersburg
 G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
 When I saw it was a time for a change
 [D] Killed the Czar and his [C]ministers
 G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
 Anastasia screamed in vain
 
 VERSE
 [D] I rode a tank, held a [C]general's rank
 G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D | D |
 When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank
 
 CHORUS
 [A] Pleased to meet you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Hope you guess my name
 But what's [A]puzzling you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Is the nature of my game
 
 VERSE
 [D] I watched with glee while your [C]kings and queens
 G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
 Fought for ten decades for the Gods they made
 I [D]shouted out "Who killed the [C]Kennedys?"
 G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
 When after all it was you and me
 
 VERSE
 [D] Let me please intro[C]duce myself
 G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D
 I'm a man of wealth and taste
 [D] And I laid traps for [C]troubadours
 G G/B [c#] D Dsus4 D | D |
 Who get killed before they reached Bom - bay
 
 CHORUS
 [A] Pleased to meet you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Hope you guess my name
 But what's [A]puzzling you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Is the nature of my game (Oh yeah, get down, baby)
 
 SOLO
 | D | C | G | D |
 | D | C | G | D |
 | D | C | G | D |
 | D | C | G | D | D |
 
 CHORUS
 [A] Pleased to meet you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Hope you guess my name
 But what's con[A]fusing you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Is just the nature of my game
 
 VERSE
 Just as [D]every cop is a [C]criminal
 And [G]all the sinners [D]saints
 As [C]heads is tails, just call me [C] Lucifer
 'Cause I'm in [G]need of some re[D]straint
 
 VERSE
 So if you [D]meet me have some [C]courtesy
 Have some [G]sympathy, and some [D]taste
 Use [D]all your well-learned [C]politesse
 Or I'll [G]lay your soul to [D]waste, um yeah
 
 CHORUS
 [A] Pleased to meet you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Hope you guess my name
 But what's [A]puzzling you
 D A | D Dsus4 | D |
 Is the nature of my game
 
 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

    

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