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ROLLING STONES LYRICS
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
Recorded: June 5 & 6, 8 thru 10, 1968. Released on Beggars Banquet
in '68.
Lead Vocal, Bongo: Mick Jagger; Bass
and Electric Guitar: Keith
Richards; Maracas, Axatse: Bill Wyman;
Drums: Charlie Watts;
Acoustic Guitar, Bongo: Brian Jones; Congas: Rocky Dijon; Piano: Nicky Hopkins;
"Whoo Whoo" Vocals: Keith Richards, Brian
Jones, Bill Wyman, Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg & Jimmy Miller.
Sympathy For The Devil
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Yo!..... Yo!...... Yo!
Woo Good!.... Woo!
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
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 at St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a-time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank!
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, ah yeah!
(whoo whoo! whoo whoo!)
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens (whoo whoo!)
Fought for ten decades (woo woo!)
For the gods they made (whoo whoo!)
I shouted out, (woo! woo!)
"Who killed the Kennedys?" (who who!)
When after all (woo! woo!)
It was you and me (woo! woo!)
Let me please introduce myself (who! who!)
I'm a man of wealth (who! who!) and taste (woo! woo!)
And I laid traps for troubadours (who who!)
Who get killed before they reached Bombay (woo woo! woo
who!)
Pleased to meet you (whoo whoo!)
Hope you guessed my name, (whoo whoo!) oh yeah (whoo whoo!)
But what's puzzling you (whoo whoo!)
Is the nature of my game(whoo whoo!), oh yeah, get down, baby (whoo whoo!)
(whoo whoo! whoo whoo!)
(woo woo!)
(woo woo!)
(woo woo!) ..............
Pleased to meet you (woo woo!)
Hope you guessed my name, (whoo whoo!) oh yeah (whoo whoo!)
But what's confusing you (who! who!)
Is just the nature of my game (whoo whoo!) um yeah (whoo whoo!)
Just as every cop is a criminal (whoo whoo!)
And all the sinners saints (whoo whoo!)
As heads is tails (whoo whoo!)
Just call me Lucifer (whoo whoo!)
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint (whoo whoo!)
So if you meet me (whoo who!)
Have some courtesy (whoo who!)
Have some sympathy, (whoo whoo!) and some taste (whoo
who!)
Use all your well-learned politesse (whoo who!)
Or I'll lay your(whoo whoo!) soul to waste,(whoo
who!), um yeah (whoo who!)
Pleased to meet you (whoo whoo!)
Hope you guessed my name, (whoo whoo!) um yeah (whoo, whoo!)
But what's puzzling you (whoo whoo!)
Is the nature of my game, (whoo whoo!) um mean it, (whoo whoo!) get down
(whoo whoo!) (whoo whoo!)
(whoo whoo!) (whoo whoo!)
Woo, who (who! who!)
Oh yeah, get on down (woo woo!)
Oh yeah (woo woo!)
(woo woo! woo woo!)
(woo woo! whoo woo!)........
Oh yeah! (whoo! whoo!)
Tell me baby,(whoo! whoo!) what's my name(whoo whoo!)
Tell me honey,(whoo whoo!) can ya guess my name (whoo whoo!)
Tell me baby, (whoo whoo!) what's my name (who who!)
I tell you one time, (whoo whoo!) you're to blame (whoo whoo)!
Woo Who! (whoo whoo!)
Woo Who! (whoo whoo!)
Woo! (whoo whoo!) alright (whoo whoo!)
Oh, who who, oh, who who, (who who!) oh, who who!
Oh Yeah (whoo whoo!)
Woo, who who! (whoo whoo) Woo, who who! (woo woo!)
Ah yeah, a-what's my name (woo woo!)
Tell me, baby, (woo woo!) what's my name (who who!)
Tell me, sweetie, (woo woo!) what's my name (whoo whoo!)
Woo, who, who! (woo woo!)
Woo, who, who! (woo woo!)
Woo, who, who! (woo woo!)
Woo, who, who! (woo woo!)
Oh, who, who! (whoo whoo!)
Woo, who, who! (whoo whoo!)
Ah, yeah!
Whoo whoo!
Woo Who Who!
Whoo whoo!