The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil bass tab
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| Artist: Rolling Stones |
| Title: Sympathy for the Devil |
| Album: various |
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| Tabbed by Andrew Ker (adk@comlab.ox.ac.uk) |
| A Member of the BTA Army - http://www.basstabarchive.com |
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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--|----------------|
