Sympathy for the Devil bass

Sympathy for the Devil

• Eb

Tabbed by Andrew Ker ([email protected])                  

Easy to play and fun. Since there's basically only two riffs playing all the  
way through, you have to add a few variations to spice it up. "Less is more" 
in this song, though. 
 
Enjoy. 
 
Note: On my recording, this song is quite flat (about halfway between being in 
Eb and E). I've written it out in E, but you might want to transpose. 
 
Introduction 
 
   2x 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A|7---------------|5---------------|----------------|7---------------| 
E|----------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------| 
 
 
Main riff 
 
  1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4   
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|5-5-5--5-5--5-5-|4-4------4--5-6-|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-| 
E|------7----7-7--|------5----5-5--|----5-55--------|------7----7-7-7| 
 
 
Variation (mixed in with the main riff randomly) 
 
  1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4   
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D|-------7-6--76--|-------5-4--54--|----------------|----------------| 
A|7-7-7-7----7--7-|5-5-5-5----5--5-|4-4-4-4--44-5-6-|7-7-7--7-7-75-6-| 
E|----------------|----------------|-------5--------|------7---------| 
 
 
"Pleased to meet you..." 
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|----------------|-----------4-567|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|7-7-7--7-7------| 
E|------7----7-7--|7-7-7-77-7-7777-|7-77-7-7-7------|------7----7-7--|------7---4-5-6-| 
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------7-6--76--| 
A|----------------|-----------4-567|7-7-7--7-7--7-7-|7-7-7------7--7-| 
E|7-7-7-77-74-5-6-|7-77-7-7-7------|------7----7-7--|----------------| 

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