Saint Of Me

song : saint of me
artist : rolling stones
album : bridges to babylon
tab by : don czarski
E – mail : guitarzan7@hotmail . com

saint of me
rolling stones

capo : 1st fret

intro :

E – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – |
B – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – 1h2p1 – – – – – – 1h2p1 – – – 1 – – 1h2p1 – – – – |
D – – 0h2p0 – – – – – – 0h2p0 – – – 2 – – 0h2p0 – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0h2p0 – – 0 – – – – |
G – – 1h2p1 – – 1h2p1 – – 1h2p1 – – 1h2p1 – – 1h2p1 – – – – – – – |
D – – 0h2p0 – – 0h2p0 – – 0h2p0 – – 0h2p0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

verse :
E
saint paul the persecutor
A
was a cruel and sinful man
E
jesus hit him with a blinding light
A
and then his life began
D
i said yeah
E
i said yeah

verse :
E
augustin knew temptation
A
he loved women , wine and song
E
and all the special pleasures
A
of doing something wrong
D
i said yeah
E
i said yeah

chorus :
E D A
i said yeah , oh yeah , oh yeah
E
you’ll never make a saint of me
D A
oh yeah , oh yeah
E A E A
you’ll never make a saint of me

verse :
E
and could you stand the torture
A
and could you stand the pain
E
could you put your faith in jesus
A
when you’re burning in the flames
D E
i said yes

verse :
E
i do believe in miracles
A
and i want to save my soul
E
and i know that i’m a sinner
A
i’m gonna die here in the cold
D E
i said yes , i said yeah

chorus :
E D A
i said yeah , oh yeah , oh yeah
E
you’ll never make a saint of me
D A
oh yeah , oh yeah
E
you’ll never make a saint of me
D A
oh yeah , oh yeah
E
you’ll never make a saint of me
D A
oh yeah , oh yeah
C#m F#m
you’ll never make a saint of me

interlude :
D F#m Bm
i thought i heard an angel cry
A C#m F#m
i thought i saw a teardrop falling from his eye

instrumental : G D E A E A E A E A

verse :
E
john the baptist was a martyr
A
but he stirred up herod’s hate
E
and salome got her wish
A
to have him served up on a plate
D
i said yeah
E
i said yeah

interlude :
A C#m F#m
i thought i heard an angel cry
D F#m Bm
i thought i saw a teardrop falling from his eye
A C#m F#m G D
i thought i saw an angel cry

outro : E A – play over and over to fade

you’ll never make a saint of me }
you’ll never make a saint of me }

note : if you wish to play this song without capo

capo 1st fret without capo
E F
D D#
A A#
C#m Dm
F#m Gm
Bm Cm
G G#