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 Saint 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 But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh, yeah I watched with glee While your kings and queens Fought for ten decades For the gods they made I shouted out Who killed the Kennedys? When, after all It was you and me 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 Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name, oh, yeah But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh, yeah Get down, hit it Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name, oh, yeah But what's confusing you Is just the nature of my game, mm, yeah 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 So if you meet me, have some courtesy Have some sympathy, and some taste Use all your well-learned politesse Or I'll lay your soul to waste Pleased to meet you Hope you gues my name But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, mm, mean it Get down Woo-hoo Ah, yeah Get down now Oh, yeah Ah, yeah Tell me, baby, what's my name? Tell me, honey, can you guess my name? Tell me, baby, what's my name? I tell you one time, you're to blame Ooh, alright What's my name? Tell me, baby, what's my name? Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?
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 Saint 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 But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh, yeah I watched with glee While your kings and queens Fought for ten decades For the gods they made I shouted out Who killed the Kennedys? When, after all It was you and me 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 Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name, oh, yeah But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh, yeah Get down, hit it Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name, oh, yeah But what's confusing you Is just the nature of my game, mm, yeah 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 So if you meet me, have some courtesy Have some sympathy, and some taste Use all your well-learned politesse Or I'll lay your soul to waste Pleased to meet you Hope you gues my name But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, mm, mean it Get down Woo-hoo Ah, yeah Get down now Oh, yeah Ah, yeah Tell me, baby, what's my name? Tell me, honey, can you guess my name? Tell me, baby, what's my name? I tell you one time, you're to blame Ooh, alright What's my name? Tell me, baby, what's my name? Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?
A gravação de “Sympathy for the Devil” começou em 4 de junho de 1968 no Olympic Sound Studios, em Londres, e se estendeu até o dia seguinte, com overdubs adicionais nos dias 8, 9 e 10 de junho.
No vídeo de Jean‑Luc Godard para a música, aparecem Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Jimmy Miller, Bill Wyman e Keith Richards cantando coros, mas esses vocais foram realmente gravados depois por Mick Jagger, Richards e Miller.
Keith Richards tocou o baixo na gravação original e também executou o solo de guitarra elétrica da faixa.
A versão cover dos Guns N’ Roses, gravada em 1994, foi usada nos créditos finais do filme “Entrevista com o Vampiro” (1994) e gerou um conflito interno que contribuiu para a saída do guitarrista Slash em 1996.
Em 1989 a banda eslovena Laibach lançou um EP contendo sete versões distintas de “Sympathy for the Devil”, variando de uma sinfonia wagneriana a um arranjo techno leve.
O trecho instrumental da música aparece como parte de “The Water Pouring Song (live)” do Pearl Jam, e Bono costuma cantar um fragmento dela junto com “Ruby Tuesday” durante apresentações de “Bad” do U2, inclusive no Live Aid de 1985.
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