Lyrics Language: English Song writer/composer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
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The Rolling StonesSympathy For The Devil Lyrics:
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Please allow me to
introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for
long, long years
Stole many 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 St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a
time for a change
Killed the tsar 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, oh yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
(woo woo, woo woo)
I shouted out,
"Who killed the
Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
(who who, who who)
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before
they reached Bombay
(woo woo, who who)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my
game, oh yeah, get
down, baby
(who who, who who)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
(woo woo, who who)
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of
some restraint
(who who, who who)
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy,
and some taste
(woo woo)
Use all your
well-learned
politesse
Or I'll lay your soul
to waste, um yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my
game, um mean it,
get down
(woo woo, woo woo)
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya
guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time,
you're to blame
Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo
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The Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil Lyrics Information:
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
Written by: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.
Produced by: Jimmy Miller
Performed by: The Rolling Stones 11a -1968
Appears on 2 : Beggars Banquet-1968, (Japan)-2006; Through the Past, Darkly
(Big Hits, Vol. 2) (US)-1969, (UK)-1969 (Japan)-2006; Get Yer Ya-Ya's
Out!-1970, (Japan)-2006; Gimme Shelter (Live)-1971 & (Video)-1991; Hot Rocks:
1964-1971 (ABKCO)-1972 3 , (Sound & Vision)-2005 & (Japan)-2006; Rolled
Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (Decca)-1975 & (Universal)-2007;
Get Stoned-1977; Jumpin' in Germany, Burnin' in Hollywood-1979; Singles
Collection: The London Years (US)-1989, (Japan)-2006; Forty Licks (Virgin
US)-2002, (Collector's Edition)-2002, (European Tour Edition)-2003, (European
Tour Edition Expanded)-2003; Sympathy for the Devil Remixes (EP-US)-2003,
(EP-UK)-2003 & (EP-Germany)-2003; Singles 1968-1971)-2005; Stones in the
Park-2006, (Bonus Tracks)-2006; et al.
1 On this recording, personnel included Nicky Hopkins on piano; Rocky Dijon
on congas; Bill Wyman on maracas. Backing vocals were overdubbed by Marianne
Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and producer Jimmy
Miller. (Wyman and Richards can be seen doing vocals in the film, Sympathy
for the Devil 4 , but this scene was staged especially for the cameras.)
1a Covered by: Anthem, The Attack, Aural Pleasure, Danny Barnes, BB Band,
Sandra Bernhard, Jimmy Carl Black, Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger, Copper
Snake, Electric Hellfire Club, Bryan Ferry, Freedom Dub, Gangsters of Love,
Ghoul Kats, Guns N'Roses, Inkubus Sukkubus, The Jailbirds, Laibach, The
London Symphony Orchestra, Jimmy Maelen, Ozzy Osbourne, The Rolling Clones,
Johnathan Round, Sandie Shaw, Skrew, Tater Totz, Thrashing Doves, Tiamat,
Widespread Panic, Chris Wilson, et al.
2 The only singles issued for this song were Extended Play (EP) disks of
remixes by various artists in 2003.
3 Transcribed from the track on this album.
4 Here, Sympathy for the Devil, refers to the producer's edit of a 1968 film
by Jean-Luc Godard whose original version is called, One Plus One. The film,
a depiction of the late 1960s, American counterculture, and featured the
Rolling Stones in the process of recording the song in the studio. The Stones
just happened to be recording that song "Sympathy for the Devil," and it
became the track that we used."
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