Stones - The Spider And The Fly guitar tab

The Spider and the fly

The Rolling Stones

The song is pretty simple. It's your basic 3 chord blues. What really

makes the song is the

little walking riff they do with the guitars. On every E7 chord play it

like this

E--0---------0----------0------------0----------0----------0----------0-

B--0---------0----------0------------0----------0----------0----------0-

G--1---------2----------4------------2----------1----------2----------4-

D--0---------0----------0------------0----------0----------0----------0-

A--2---------4----------5------------4----------2----------4----------5-

E--0---------0----------0------------0----------0----------0----------0-

Hit each chord form on the beat, hold the last one for two beats

Then on the A7 drop down to this

E--0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0--

B--2----------3----------5----------3----------2----------3----------5--

G--0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0--

D--2----------4----------5----------4----------2----------4----------5--

A--0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0----------0--

E--x----------x----------x----------x----------x----------x----------x-

Put it all together and it goes like this:

(intro) E7 riff twice

E7 riff

Sittin' thinkin sinkin' drinkin'

E7 riff

Wondering what I'll do when I'm thru tonight

A7 riff

Smokin' mopin' maybe just hopin'

E7 riff

Some little girl will pass on by

B7 A7

I don't wanna be alone But I love my girl at home

E7 riff C7 B7

I remember what she said

E7 riff

She said, My, my, my don't tell lies!

E7 riff

Keep fidelity in your head!

A7 riff

My, my, my, Don't tell lies

E7 riff

When you've done your show hit the bed

B7 A7

Don't say Hi, like a spider to a fly

E7 riff C7 B7

Jump right ahead and your dead!

Sit up, fed up, low down, go round

Down to the bar at the place I'm at

Sittin', drinkin', superficially thinkin'

about the rinsed out blonde on my left

and then I said Hi', like a spider to a fly

Remembering what my little girl said

(harmonica solo)

she was spiffy, shifty

she looked about fifty

I would have run away but I was on my own

She told me later she was a machine operator

she said she liked the way I held the microphone

I said, My, my, my, like a spider to a fly

Jump right ahead in my web!

(guitar solo and end)