Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics

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