SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (Bassline) (Live)
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1970 Album GET YER YA-YA'S OUT!)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'
Intro
Q=110
4/4
Gtr I
Wx5 E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E S E.
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-|-----------4---5----|
|------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5-5-5---5----------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S E.
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------6-7---|-------------------|-----------------4--|
|-7-7-7---7-7-----5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5----|
|-------7-----------|-------------------|--------------------|
1st Verse
E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E
|--------------------|-----------------7-9-||-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------6-9-----||-------------------|
|-------------4---5--|-7-7-7-7-7-7---------||-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-0-5-5--------|---------------------||-------------------|
E E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E S S E
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-7-7------------------|-------------6-7-6----|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-|---------------4---5--|-7-7-7---7-7-------5--|
|-------5-----------|-----5-5-0-5-5--------|-------7--------------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S E.
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-7-7------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------4---5--|
|-------7-------------|-------5-------------|-----5-5-0-5-5--------|
E E E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S E S E E
|-------------------7---|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------6-9-9---9-|---------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-----------|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-|
|-------7---------------|-------7-------------|-------5-----5-----|
E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------6-7-6---|-------------------|
|-------------4---5--|-7-7-7---7-7-------5-|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-0-5-5--------|-------7-------------|-------7-----------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-|-------------4---5--|-7-7-7---7-7-7-------5-5-5-|
|-------5-----------|-5-5-5-0-5-5--------|-------7-------7-(7)-------|
Chorus
$
E E E E S S E +E E E E E E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E E
|---------------------||------------------2-4-|-------------------|
|---------------------||o---------------4-----|-----------------0-|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------0-||o-2-2-2---2-2-2-------|-2-2-2---2-2-4-----|
|-------7-----4-(4)---||--------2-------------|-------2-----------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E +E S S
|-------------1-2-1---|-------------------|-------------------2-4--|
|-2-2-2---2-2-------0-|-2-2-2---2-2-------|-------------4-(4)------|
|-------2-------------|-------2-------0-0-|-2-2-2---2-2------------|
|---------------------|-------------4-----|-------2----------------|
To Coda
E E Q S S E S E. E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S E. S S E
|-------------------|-------------1-2-1---|----------------------||
|----------------1--|-2-2-2---2-2-------0-|-2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2---||
|-2-2-2--2-2-4------|-------2-------------|-------2--------------||
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
2nd & 3rd Verses
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S E.
|-------------------|-------------------|-2------------------|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------0--|
|-------2-----------|-------0-----------|---0-0---0-0-4------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------0------------|
E E E S S +S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E S S
|-----------------1-2-1---|-------------------|-----------------1-2-|
|-2-2-2---2-(2)-2-------0-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----|
|-------2-----------------|-------2-----------|-------0-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E S S E S E. E E E S S +S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E
|--------------------|-----------------1-2-1---|---------------------|
|-----------------0--|-2-2-2---2-(2)-2-------0-|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0---0-0-4------|-------2-----------------|-------2-------------|
|-------0------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E S S E S E. E E E E E S S E S S
|---------------1-1-|-2------------------|---------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-----|-----------------0--|-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------0-----------|---0-0---0-0-4------|-------2-------------|
|-------------------|-------0------------|---------------------|
1. 2.
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E
|--------------------||-------------------9---|
|-2-2-2---2-2-------o||-2-2-2---2-2-----------|
|-------2---------0-o||-------2-----4-7-7-----|
|-------------4------||-----------------------|
E E S E S E S S +S S E S S E E E E E S S E
|---7---7---7---7-(7)---7-|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-6-7-7---------------|
|-5---5---5---5-------5---|-------0-0-0-0-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E
|-------------1-2-1---|---------------------||
|-2-2-2---2-2-------0-|-2-2-2---2-2---------||
|-------2-------------|-------2-------0-0---||
|---------------------|-------------4-------||
Guitar Solo
&
E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E S E.
|--------------9------|-------------7------|--------------------|
|-2-2-2----------7-9--|---------------5-7--|--------------------|
|-------2-/7-7--------|-5-5-5-0-5-5--------|-------------4---5--|
|---------------------|--------------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5--------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S E S S S S S
|-----------9-9-------|-------------9------|---9---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------9-----7-9-9-|-2-2-2---2-2---7-9--|-----------------------|
|-7-7-7---------------|-------2------------|-7---5---5-------------|
|-------7-------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
S S S S E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S E S S E
|------------------------|-------------------7---|-----------9-9-------|
|-5-7-7-7----------------|-------------6-9-9---9-|---------------7-9-9-|
|---------0-0-0-0-4---5--|-7-7-7---7-7-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-----------|
|------------------------|-------7---------------|---------------------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E S S E
|-------------/9-------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------7-9-9-|--------------------|-------------6-7-6-0--|
|-5-5-5-0-5-5----------|-0-0-0---0-0-4---5--|-7-7-7---7-7----------|
|----------------------|-------0------------|-------7--------------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S E.
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------6-7-6-0-|-------------4-5-4---|---------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7---------|-5-5-5---5-5-------5-|-------------4---5---|
|-------7-------------|-------0-------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5---------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E S S +S S E E E
|---------------------|-----------9-9-------|---------------7-7-7-7-|
|-------------6-7-6---|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------5-|-7-7-7-7-------5-5-5-|-5-5-5-0-5-(5)---------|
|-------7-------------|---------7-----------|-----------------------|
E E S E S E S S +S S E S S E S E S E S S +S S E
|-------------------------|-----9---9---9---9-(9)---9-|
|---7---7---7---7-(7)---7-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7-7---7---7---7-------7---|
|-5---5---5---5-------5---|---------------------------|
S S E S E S E S S +S S E
|-----9---9---9---9-(9)---9--|
|----------------------------|
|-7-7---7---7---7-------7----|
|----------------------------|
E E E S S +S E S S S E
|------------------------------------|
|----12-12----12-(12)----12----12----|
|------------------------------------|
|-10-------10---------10----10----10-|
E E E S S +S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-----7---7-(7)---7-------|--------------------|
|-----------------------5-|-7-7-7---7-7-7-5-5--|
|-5-5---5-------5---5-5---|-------7------------|
E E E S S +S E. S E. E E E E S S S S E E E E S E S E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-(7)-7----7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|
|-------7---------------|---------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------4-4-4----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------5--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------6-7-0-|
|-------------4---5--|-7-7-7---7-7-------|
|-5-5-5-0-5-5--------|-------7-----------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------7-----------|-------5-------------|
Outro
E E E E S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E S S E S S
|-------------------|---------------------||----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------6-7---||----------------------|
|-------------4-5-5-|-7-7-7---7-7-7-----5-||-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-5-5-5-0-5-5-------|-------7-------------||-------7--------------|
E E E S S +S S E S E S E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------7-9-9--|
|-5-4-4---5-(5)---5---5---|-------------4---5-5-|-7-7-7---7-9-9--------|
|-------5-------5---5---5-|-5-5-5-0-5-5---------|-------7--------------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S E E E
|-----------9-9-------|-----------7-7-7---------|--------------------|
|---------------7-9-9-|-----------------5-7-7-7-|--------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-----------|-5-5-5-0-5---------------|-------------4---5--|
|-------7-------------|-------------------------|-5-5-5-0-5-5--------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S E S E S S E E E E S E S E S S
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------6-7-6---|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------5-|-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-|-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-|
|-------7-------------|-------7-----7-------|-------5-----5-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------6-7---|
|-----------4-5-6-|-7-7-7---7-7-----5-|
|-5-5-5-0-5-------|-------7-----------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E
|---------------------|-----------7-7-------|
|---------------7-9-9-|---------------5-7-7-|
|-7-7-7---7-7---------|-5-5-5-0-5-----------|
|-------7-----7-------|---------------------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------4-5-5-6-|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-0-5-5---------|-------7-----------|-------7-----------|
E E E E E S S +S E S E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E S S E
|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-------------7-(7)-6---|-7-7-7---7-7--------|-------------6-7-6----|
|-5-5-5---5-5-----------|-------0-----4---5--|-7-7-7---7-7-------5--|
|-------5---------------|--------------------|-------7--------------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E S E.
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------6-7-6---|-------------4-5-4---|---------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------5-|-5-5-5---5-5-------5-|-------------4---5---|
|-------7-------------|-------5-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-5-7------------------|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-|-------------4---5-5--|
|-------5-----------|-----5-5-5-5----------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S +S E. S S E
|-------------------|-9-9-9---9-(9)-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7---7-(7)-7--7------|
|-------------------|-------9---------------|-------7------------7----|
|-7-7-7---7-7-7-5-5-|-----------------------|----------------------5--|
|-------7-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E E E S S +S E S E S S E E E E E S S Q E E E S S +S S E E E
|-------------------------|------------------|-9-9-9-0-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7-7---7-(7)-7---------|------------------|-----------------------|
|-------5---------5-5-6-6-|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------7----------|-----------------------|
E E E S S +E. S S S E E E E S S +S S E S S E E E E S S +S S E S S E
|-7-7-7---7-(7)-------7-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------5-------5-5-5---|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7---------|-----------------6-7-6---|
|-----------------------|-----------------4-4-5-5-|-7-7-7---7-(7)-7-------5-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------7-----------------|
E E Q E S S S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E. Q S S E
|-----9--------9-----|---7---7---7---7-(7)---7-|-------------------|
|----------------9---|-------------------------|---7---7--7--------|
|-7-7----7-7-7-----7-|-5---5---5---5-------5---|-------------4-4-5-|
|--------------------|-------------------------|-5-----------------|
E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E S S E E E E E S S E S S E
|---------------------|---------------------6-|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------6-9-9---|-------------4-5-5-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|-5-5-5---5-5----------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------4-5-5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-0-5-5---------|-------------------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-7-----|-------------------|
|-------7-------4-4-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E S S E S E. E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------6-7-6---|-------------------|
|-----------------4--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------5-|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|---------------------|-------7-----------|
E E E E E S S E S S E E E E S S E E E E E E E E S S E S S
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------5-------------|-------------------|----------------------|
E E E S S S S E E S S E E E E S S E S E S E E E E S S E S E.
|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------5-5-6-|-7------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-------------4---5--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|---5-5-5-5-5--------|
H.=H
E E E E E S S Q +W W
|------------------|------------|------*|
|------------------|------------|------*|
|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--|-(7)--------|------*|
|-------7----------|------------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
