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Song title:       Sympathy For The Devil
Original Album:   Beggar's Banquet

Words and Music by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Copyright © 1968 ABKCO, Decca Records
Published by Decca Records Ltd.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
On the recording I listened to, the chords were E-D-A-E.
However, Wikipedia states that the chords are F-Eb-Bb-F, so if you happen to
have that version, and you want to play along, you could always slap a capo
on 1. Enjoy!

Standard tuning; timing is 4/4.


VERSE1:
Chords:
E  022100    A     x02220
D  xx0232    Esus4 022200


| 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, stole many a man's soul and faith

| %               | D                  | A                 | E 
  I was around when Jesus Christ had His moment of doubt and pain

| %                   | D               | A                  | E  Esus4 E
  I made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate



CHORUS:
Chords:
B      799877 or x2444x    E      022100
Bsus4  799977 or x24452    Esus4  022200
A      x02220

| B            Bsus4 B   | B                 | A  E | Esus4 E     
    Pleased to meet  you,    hope you guess my name,

         | B                            | A  E  | Esus4 E
But what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game



VERSE2:
Chords:
D  xx0232    E      022100
A  x02220    Esus4  022200


| E              | D               | A                     | E
I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change

| E                     | D           | A                | E
  Killed the Czar and his ministers; Anastasia screamed in vain

| E                 | D                     | A
I rode a tank, held a general's rank when the blitzkrieg raged

      | E Esus4 E
and the bodies  stank



[repeat CHORUS]



VERSE3:
Chords:
E  022100    A     x02220
D  xx0232    Esus4 022200

| E                              | D
    I watched with glee while your kings and queens

         | A                 | E
fought for ten decades for the gods they made


| Esus4 E                          | D
      I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?"

    | A               | E   Esus4 E
when, after all, it was you and   me


| E                | D               | A               | E
  Let me please introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste

                   | D                 | A
And I laid traps for troubadours who get killed 

                     | E   Esus4 E
before they reached Bombay



[repeat CHORUS]

Well, get down...



[GUITAR SOLO]


[repeat CHORUS]



VERSE4:
Chords:
E  022100    Esus4 022200
D  xx0232    E7    020130
A  x02220    A7    x02020


| E                    | D                  | A     | E     | A  E
  Just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints, as heads is tails

           | D                   | A             | E
Just call me Lucifer 'cause I'm in need of some restraint


      A | E                | D                 | A               | E       
So if you meet me, have some courtesy, have some sympathy and some taste

| %                       | D               | A              | E   Esus4 E
  Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste



[repeat CHORUS]


[GUITAR SOLO over these chords:]

[play: 4/4| E7 | D | A7 | A | E7 |]


[ad lib lyrics and fade]

Woo, hoo

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

Woo, hoo  [x7]


Oh, yeah

What's my name

Tell me, baby, what's my name

Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Ooo, woo - hoo  [x7}


Oh, yeah