capo: 2nd fret
play: D
key: E
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VERSE pattern
c#
D C G G/B D
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
3
e|2---------------|0---------------|3---------------|2------------|
3
B|3---------------|1---------------|0---------------|3------------|
2
G|2---------------|0---------------|0---------0-----|2------------|
D|0---------------|2---------------|0---------0--x--|0---------------|
A|----------------|3---------------|----------2--4--|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
CHORUS
ADADsus4
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
3-3-|2
e|0-------------2-|0---------------|2-------------3-|2----------
3-3-|3
B|2-------------3-|2---------------|3-------------3-|3----------
2-2-|2
G|2-------------2-|2---------------|2-------------2-|2----------
0
D|2-------------0-|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------
A|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
notes in []: single notes (not chords!)
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INTRO (percussion and screams)
| no chord | % | % | % |
| no chord | % | % | % |
| no chord | % |
VERSE
DC
Please allow me to introduce myself
c#
G G/B D
I'm a man of wealth and taste
DC
I've been around for a long, long year
c#
G G/B D
Stole many a man's soul and faith
VERSE
DC
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
c#
G G/B D
Had his moment of doubt and pain
C
Made damn sure that Pilate
c#
G G/B | D | % |
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
CHORUS
A
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
A
But what's puzzling you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is the nature of my game
VERSE
DC
I stuck around St. Petersburg
c#
G G/B D Dsus4 D
When I saw it was a time for a change
DC
Killed the Czar and his ministers
c#
G G/B D Dsus4 D
Anastasia screamed in vain
VERSE
DC
I rode a tank, held a general's rank
c#
G G/B D Dsus4 D | D |
When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank
CHORUS
A
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
A
But what's puzzling you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is the nature of my game
VERSE
DC
I watched with glee while your kings and queens
c#
G G/B D Dsus4 D
Fought for ten decades for the Gods they made
DC
I shouted out "Who killed the Kennedys?"
c#
G G/B D Dsus4 D
When after all it was you and me
VERSE
DC
Let me please introduce myself
c#
G G/B D Dsus4 D
I'm a man of wealth and taste
DC
And I laid traps for troubadours
c#
G G/B D Dsus4 D | D |
Who get killed before they reached Bom - bay
CHORUS
A
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
A
But what's puzzling you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is the nature of my game (Oh yeah, get down, baby)
SOLO
| D | C | G | D |
| D | C | G | D |
| D | C | G | D |
| D | C | G | D | D |
CHORUS
A
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
A
But what's confusing you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is just the nature of my game
VERSE
DC
Just as every cop is a criminal
GD
And all the sinners saints
CC
As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer
GD
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
VERSE
DC
So if you meet me have some courtesy
GD
Have some sympathy, and some taste
DC
Use all your well-learned politesse
GD
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
CHORUS
A
Pleased to meet you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Hope you guess my name
A
But what's puzzling you
D A | D Dsus4 | D |
Is the nature of my game
OUTRO
| D | C | G | D |
(repeated and faded after ca. 2:00 minutes;
solo guitar licks + vocals ad lib)
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Alright
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah