Sympathy for the Devil

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Sympathy for The Devil

Please allow me to introduce myself
Im a man of wealth and taste
Ive been around for a long, long year
Stole many a mans 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 whats 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 czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a generals rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, whats 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
Im 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 guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me lucifer
cause Im 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 Ill lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, whats my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, whats my name
I tell you one time, youre to blame

「悪魔を憐れむ歌」は1968年6月4日から翌日まで、ロンドンのオリンピック・スタジオで行われ、
オーバーダビングは8日から10日までの三日間で施された。
セッションにはメンバーのミック、キース、ビル、チャーリー、ブライアンの他に、
ニッキー・ホプキンス（ピアノ）、ロッキー・ディジョーン（コンガ）、マリアンヌ・フェイスフル、アニタ・パレンバーグも参加した。
プロデューサーのジミー・ミラー(en)もコーラスに加わっている。

録音の様子を撮影した映像によると、キースは1957年製ギブソン・レスポールカスタム3ピックアップだけを使い、
ギターソロではその特性を充分に引き出している。
映像には多くのヴォックスAC-30やSupremeなど多種のアンプが見られる。

ニッキー・ホプキンスは、この曲での自身のピアノ演奏を非常に気に入っており「自分の生涯でのベスト5に入るプレイ」とまで語っている