The Rolling Stones

Sympathy for the Devil

The Rolling Stones

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Sympathy for the Devil

Year: 1968 - Album: Hot Rocks 1964-1971 [DSD Remastered]

Written by Mick Jagger Keith Richards

	  		
Easy to play and fun. Since there's basically only two riffs playing all the   
way through, you have to add a few variations to spice it up. "Less is more"  
in this song, though.  
  
Enjoy.  
  
Note: On my recording, this song is quite flat (about halfway between being in  
Eb and E). I've written it out in E, but you might want to transpose.  
  
Introduction  
  
   2x  
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
A|7---------------|5---------------|----------------|7---------------|  
E|----------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|  
  
  
Main riff  
  
  1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
A|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|5-5-5--5-5--5-5-|4-4------4--5-6-|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|  
E|------7----7-7--|------5----5-5--|----5-55--------|------7----7-7-7|  
  
  
Variation (mixed in with the main riff randomly)  
  
  1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
D|-------7-6--76--|-------5-4--54--|----------------|----------------|  
A|7-7-7-7----7--7-|5-5-5-5----5--5-|4-4-4-4--44-5-6-|7-7-7--7-7-75-6-|  
E|----------------|----------------|-------5--------|------7---------|  
  
  
"Pleased to meet you..."  
  
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
A|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|----------------|-----------4-567|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|7-7-7--7-7------|  
E|------7----7-7--|7-7-7-77-7-7777-|7-77-7-7-7------|------7----7-7--|------7---4-5-6-|  
  
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------7-6--76--|  
A|----------------|-----------4-567|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|7-7-7------7--7-|  
E|7-7-7-77-74-5-6-|7-77-7-7-7------|------7----7-7--|----------------|  

		  

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