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Sympathy for the Devil

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 I've stolen many a man's soul and faith

D A/C# A E
I was around when Jesus Christ had His moment of doubt and pain

D A/C# A E Esus4 E
I made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate

B A E A/E E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name,

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

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

D A/C# A E
Killed the Tzar and his ministers; Anastasia screamed in vain

D A/C# A
I rode a tank held a general's rank when the blitzkrieg raged

E Esus4 E
and the bodies stank

B A E A/E E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, Oh yeah

B E/B B E A/E E
Ah what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game

E D A/C# A E
I watched with glee while your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made

Esus4 E D A/C# E Esus4 E
I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?" when after all it was you and me

D A/C# A E Esus E
Let me please introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste

D A/C# E Esus4 E
And I laid traps for troubadours who get killed before they reached Bombay

B A E Esus4 E
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, Oh yeah

B E/B B A E A/E E
But what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game Well get down

1st Solo
E A/E E D G/D D
|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------14Brp12----|------------------------------|
|--------------------------14~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C# D/A A E7 A/E E
|-----------12-----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------15p12------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------14Brp12----|--------------------12-14-14B-|
|--------------------------14--|-----------------14-----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

E7 A/E E D7 G/D D
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------15B-|------------------------------|
|--------------------12-14-----|----------REST----------------|
|-----------------14-----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A7/C# D/A A E7 A/E E
|-17B------17~~~~~~~~-15b------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-17~~~~~----------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

E7 A/E E D7 G/D D
|--17p15--17--17p15-17-15------|-------15-17--17B-r-15-17p15--|
|-------17-----------------17--|-15h17---------------------17-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A7/C# D/A A E7 A/E E
|------17B--r17-17----15-17-15b|------------------------------|
|----17------------------------|----------------17~~~~~-------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

E7 A/E E D7 G/D D
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------17------------|------17----17-17-17----------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A7/C# D/A A E7 A/E E
|------15-17-17b--17--15-17-15bb--------15-17-15p17p15--------|
|---17-------------------------|17-15-17----------------17-17~|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/E E B E/B
Pleased to meet you
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--17~~~~~------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-14p--------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

B A E
hope you guessed my name

B E/B A E E/A E
But what's confusing you is just the nature of my game

D A/C# A E
Just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints

A E D A/C# A E
As heads is tails just call me Lucifer 'cause I'm in need of some restraint

A E D A/C# A E
So if you meet me, have some courtesy have some sympathy and some taste

D A/C# A E Esus4 E
Use all your well-learned politesse or I'll lay your soul to waste

B E/B
Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, um yeah

B A E A/E E
hope you guessed my name

B E/B A E E/A E
But what's puzzling you is just the nature of my game

E7 D A7/C# A E7

2nd solo
E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------REST----------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C#
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----14Brp12-------------------|----------REST----------------|
|------------14----------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

D
|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--12--------------------------|------------------------------|
|----14Brp12-------------------|-----12-14-14B--14-12-14-12---|
|------------14----------------|--14-----------------------14-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C# A E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------REST----------------|----------REST----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

D
|----12--15--------------------|----12--15--------------------|
|----------15------------------|----------15------------------|
|-------------14Brp12----------|---------------12-------------|
|---------------------14-------|-------------------14---------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

A/C# A E
|----12--15--------------------|-------------------12------15B|
|----------15------------------|------------------------12----|
|-------------12bb-------------|------------------------------|
|------------------14--12------|-14p--------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----15B----------------------|
|----------REST----------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A/C# A E
|------------------------------|---17B----17----15-17--15bb---|
|----------r-------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------REST----------------|----14Brp12-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------14----------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A/C# A E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------REST----------------|--------12-14--14-12---------|
|------------------------------|---14-------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|

ad lib and fade

NO EXPECTATIONS

Slide Guitar Plays at Intro, verses, and solo
Rhythm Guitar: Acoustic; Plays Chords
/ Means to slide (--10/12--).

Capo on the second fret all fret notations are in relation to the capo

Lead played with slide bar:

C G C G
E ------3--------------|------3--------------|
B --3/5---5-5-------3--|--3/5---5-5-------3--|
G --------------3/4----|--------------3/4----|
D ---------------------|---------------------|
A ---------------------|---------------------|
E ---------------------|---------------------|

C G F C G
E -------3-----------5--|--------------------------------|
B --3/5----5-5--5/7-----|--9/10---10/8---10/12---10/12---|
G ----------------------|--9/10---10/8---10/12---10/12---|
D ----------------------|--9/10---10/8---10/12---10/12---|
A ----------------------|--------------------------------|
E ----------------------|--------------------------------|

C G
Take me to the station
C G
And put me on a train
C G
I've got no expectations
F C G
To pass through here again

C G
Once I was a rich man
C G
Now I am so poor
C G
But never in my sweet short life
F C G
Have I felt like this before

C G
Your heart is like a diamond
C G
You throw your pearls at swine
C G
And as I watch you leaving me
F C G
You pack my piece of mind

Instrumental (Repeat Intro)

Our love was like the water
That splashes on a stone
Our love is like our music
It's here, and then it's gone

So take me to the airport
And put me on a plane
I got no expectations
To pass through here again

End with the last note of the intro

DEAR DOCTOR

A Em A
Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
A D Am
There's a pain where there once was a heart
A
It's sleepin, it's a beatin'
D G
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
A Em A
Right there in that jar?

A Em A
Oh help me, please mama, I'm sick'ning
A D Am
It's today that's the day of the plunge
A
Oh the gal I'm to marry
D G
Is a bow-legged sow
A Em A
I've been soakin' up drink like a sponge

A Em A
"Don't ya worry, get dressed," cried my mother
A D Am
As she plied me with bourbon so sour
A
Pull your socks up, put your suit on
D G
Comb your long hair down,
A Em A
For you will be wed in the hour

A Em A
So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
A D Am
There's a pain where there once was a heart
A
I'm sleepin, it's a beatin'
D G
Can't ya please take it out, and preserve it
A Em A
Right there in that jar?
Yup!

("Am E A D" Over Solo)

A Em A
Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
A D Am
There's a pain where there once was a heart
A
It's sleepin, it's a beatin'
D G
Can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it
A Em A
Right there in that jar?

A Em A
I was tremblin', as I put on my jacket
A D Am
It had creases as sharp as a knife
A
I put the ring in my pocket
D G
But there was a note
A Em A
And my heart it jumped into my mouth

A Em A
It read, "Darlin', I'm sorry to hurt you.
A D Am
But I have no courage to speak to your face.
A D G
But I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou
A
There be no wedding today."

A Em A
So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged
A D Am
You can put back my heart in its hole
A
Oh mama, I'm cryin'
D G
Tears of relief
A Em A
And my pulse is now under control

STREET FIGHTING MAN

TUNING: D A D F# A D

Intro and verse:
C F/C C
D --10-10----------------10-|10-------10----------10-|
A --10-10----------------10-|10-------10----------10-|
F#--10-10----------------11-|11-------11----------10-| repeat
D --10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A --10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-|
D --10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

Everywhere I hear the sound of marching charging feet boy
Cos summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street boy

CHORUS:
G Gsus9 G Gsus9
But what can a poor boy do
G Gsus9
Except to sing for a rock'n'roll band
G Gsus9 G Gsus9 G
Cos in sleepy London town there's just no place for
D
Street fighting man, no

Hey think the time is right for violent revolution
But where I live the game to play is compromise solution
CHORUS

Hey so my name has caused disturbance
I shout and scream, I kill the King, I rail at all his servants
CHORUS
Get down!

CHORDS:
C 10 10 10 10 10 10 F/C 10 12 10 11 10 10
G 5 5 5 5 5 5 Gsus(add9) 5 5 7 5 6 5
D 0 0 0 0 0 0

Prodigal Son- I was to lazy to listen and write out all the lyrics
so I just did the first verse to give you an idea of the flow

open E tuning

Intro:

E |----------------3--0------------|
B |---------------------0----------|
G# |-----------------------1p0-0----|
E |-3-0---0---0--------------------|
B |-----3--------------------------|
E |---------3----------------------|

The following two chords are played in a very fast strumming pattern. Do not
play all six strings all the time, but damp them with you right hand. Every
other bar a little riff is played.

E A
E |-0-0-|---0----0------0-|-0-0-|---0----0------0-|-(0-0-0-0)-|-0-0-|
B |-0-2-|-----0h2---0h2---|-0-2-|-----0h2---0h2---|-(2-2-3-4)-|-0-2-|
G# |-0-1-|-----------------|-0-1-|-----------------|-(1-1)-----|-0-1-|
E |-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-|-----------------|-(0-0-0-0)-|-0-0-|
B |-0-2-|-----------------|-0-2-|-----------------|0h2-2-3-4--|-0-2-|
E |-0-X-|-0---------------|-0-X-|-0---------------|-----------|-0-X-|

--(1)--- means not necessarily played

Now the singing starts, with the following basic pattern accompanying the
singing. The strumming rhythm 'follows' the voice, and I show only the 'chords'
played.

The poor boy took his father's bread and started down the road
E |--3---0------------3---0---------------3---------------0--|
B |--2---0------------2---0---------------2---------------0--|
G# |-(0)-(0)----------(0)-(0)-------------(0)-------------(0)-|
E |----------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------|

Started down the road Took all he had and started down the road
E |--7---------------0-----|--0--0-----------------------------------|
B |--9---------------0-----|--0--2-----------------------------------|
G# |--8---------------0-----|--0--1-----------------------------------|
E |------------------------|--0--0-----------------------------------|
B |------------------------|--0--2-----------------------------------|
E |------------------------|--0--X-----------------------------------|
<- the same strumming pattern as above ->

Goin' out in this world where God only knows
E |---0----0------0-|-0--0----------------------------------------|
B |-----0h2---0h2---|-0--2----------------------------------------|
G# |-----------------|-0--1----------------------------------------|
E |-----------------|-0--0----------------------------------------|
B |-----------------|-0--2----------------------------------------|
E |-0---------------|-0--X----------------------------------------|
<- the same strumming pattern as above ->

And that will be the way to get along
E |-------------------------------------|---0------0------0----|
B |----(2)------(2)----(3)---(4)--------|------0h2---0h2-------|
G# |----(1)------(1)---------------------|----------------------|
E |----(0)------(0)----(0)---(0)--------|----------------------|
B |-----2--------2------3-----4---------|----------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|-0--------------------|

E |-------------------------------------|---0------0------0----|
B |----(2)------(2)----(3)---(4)--------|------0h2---0h2-------|
G# |----(1)------(1)---------------------|----------------------|
E |----(0)------(0)----(0)---(0)--------|----------------------|
B |-----2--------2------3-----4---------|----------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|-0--------------------|

The outtro chord is:

E |--2---|
B |--3---|
G# |--0---|
E |------|
B |------|
E |------|

Stray Cat Blues

A chord to start

D C G G,F,D
I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs,
D C G G,F,D
I know you're no scare-eyed honey.
D C G
There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs, but
A
Its no hanging matter,
A
It's no capital crime.

D C G G,F,D
Yes I can see that you're 15 years old.
D C G G,F,D
No I don't want your i.d.
D C G
Yes I can see that you're so far from home, but
A
Its no hanging matter,
A
Its no capital crime.

Chorus
A C
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
C G
Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that
G D
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat, I bet
A
Bet your mama don't know ya scream like that
A
I bet your mother don't know that you spit like that.

D C G G,F,D
You look so weird and you're so, so far from home
D C G G,F,D
But you really miss your mother
D C G
Don't look so scared I'm not no mad-brained bear, but
A
But its no hanging matter
A C INTO BREAK
It's no capital crime, oh yeah....

Break: G,D,A

A
I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that
A
I bet your mother don't know you bite like that.

D C G G,F,D
You say you got a friend, and she's wilder than you
D C G G,F,D
Why don't you bring her upstairs
D C G
If she's so wild then she can join in too
A
Its no hanging matter
A
It's no capital crime

A C
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
C G
Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that
G D
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
A
I bet your mama don't know you can bite like that
A
I bet she never saw ya scratch my back

Lead break & fade all in A

Factory Girl

G
Waiting for a girl who's got curlers in her hair
G
Waiting for a girl she has no money anywhere
G
We get buses everywhere
G D G
Waiting for a factory girl

G
Waiting for a girl and her knees are much too fat
G
Waiting for a girl who weares scarves instead of hat
G
Her zipper's broken down the back
G D G
Waiting for a factory girl

G
Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
G
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on friday nights
G
She's a sight for sore eyes
G D G
Waiting for a factory girl

G
Waiting for a girl and she's got stains all down her dress
G
Waiting for a girl and my feet are getting wet
G
She ain't come out yet
G D G
Waiting for a factory girl

Salt of the Earth

-----------------

E B E A E (repeat)

lets drink to the hard working people

lets drink to the lowly of birth

raise your glass to the good and the evil

lets drink to the salt of the earth

(mick sings the rest)

say a prayer for the common foot soldier

spare a thought for his back breaking work

say a prayer for his wife and his children

who burn the fires and who still till the earth

(E A) (E A) (E A) (E) (E)

C#m G#m (repeat)

and when i search a faceless crowd

a swirling mass of gray and

F#m

black and white

G#m

they don't look real to me

A B(7)

in fact, they look so strange

(B(7))

raise your glass to the hard working people

lets drink to the uncounted heads

lets think of the wandering millions

who need leaders but get gamblers instead

spare a thought for the stay at home voter

his empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows

and a parade of the gray suited grafters

a choice of cancer or polio

and when i...

lets drink to the hard working people

lets think of the lowly of birth

spare a thought for the rag taggy people

lets drink to the salt of the earth

lets drink to the hard working people

lets drink to the salt of the earth

lets think of the two thousand million

lets think of the humble of birth