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The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil  

(Album: Beggars Banquet (1968))

  E                              D                                A                   E

Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth & taste

I’ve been around for long, long years,

I’ve stolen many a man’s soul & faith

I was around when Jesus Christ had his moments of doubt & pain

I made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands & sealed his fate

C:     B                              E

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name

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But what’s puzzling you is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was time for a change

I killed the Tzar & his ministers, Anastasia screamed out in vain

I rode a tank, held a general’s rank,

when the blitzkrieg raged & the bodies stank

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I watched with glee while your kings & queens,

 fought for ten decades for the gods they made,

I shouted out ‘Who killed the Kennedys?’,

when after all it was you & me,

So let me please introduce myself, I am a man of wealth & taste,

& I lay traps for troubadours,

who get killed before they reach Bombay

[chorus] – solo

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Just as every cop is a criminal, & 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 & some taste

Use all of your well-learned politeness, or I’ll lay your soul to waste

[chorus] – solo