• Song:

    The Boy With The Thorn

  • Artist:

    The Smiths

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These are tabs and chords of this wonderful song by the Smiths :)

There are 3 mini riff. At the beginning of the song, they're played together, but in the 
rest of the song i will write the riff and the number to make you understand the right 
place ;)



Riff 1                                          Riff 2

-------------|-------------|-----5--------5-----|-7-7-7-888--|
-8-8-8-7-5-7-|-8-8-8-7-5-7-|-8-8---5--8-8---5-7-|------------|
-------------|-------------|--------------------|------------|
-------------|-------------|--------------------|------------|
-------------|-------------|--------------------|------------|
-------------|-------------|--------------------|------------|

Riff 3

-55-55---7-5--------7-7-7-8-5-5-|
------------8-------------------|
-------------7-9-9--------------|
--------------------------------|
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Listen the song to figure it out (it's quite simple) Attention when you play (Riff 2 + 
Riff 3) because it's all connected and fast!

Intro:

(Riff 1) + (Riff 2)

(Riff 3)
The boy with the thorn in his side

Behind the hatred there lies

(Riff 2)    +     (Riff 3)
A murderous desire for love

G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)  DHow (xx0232@1)can they look into my eyes
               Am7 (x02010@1)             C (x32010@1)  DAnd (xx0232@1)still they don't believe me ?
       G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)         DHow (xx0232@1)can they hear me say those words
                Am7 (x02010@1)       C (x32010@1)  DStill (xx0232@1)they don't believe me ?
                  G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)if they don't believe me now
           Am7 (x02010@1)          C (x32010@1) DWill (xx0232@1)they ever believe me ?
                  G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)if they don't believe me now
                          Am7 (x02010@1)  C (x32010@1)   DWill (xx0232@1)they ever, they ever, believe me ?
Oh ...
(Riff 1) + (Riff 2)
Oh......Oh..........

(Riff 3)
The boy with the thorn in his side

Behind the hatred there lies

(Riff 2)  +   (Riff 3)
A plundering desire for love
              G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)  DHow (xx0232@1)can they see the Love in our eyes
                      Am7 (x02010@1)       C (x32010@1)  DAnd (xx0232@1)still they don't believe us ?
                    G (320003@1)    Am (x02210@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)after all this time
                    Am7 (x02010@1)      C (x32010@1) DThey (xx0232@1)don't want to believe us
                   G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)if they don't believe us now
            Am7 (x02010@1)        C (x32010@1)DWill (xx0232@1)they ever believe us ?
                      GAnd (320003@1)when you want to Live
                  Am (x02210@1)DHow (xx0232@1)do you start ?

Where do you go ?
Am7 (x02010@1)                    C (x32010@1)DWho (xx0232@1)do you need to know ?

Outro:

(Riff 1) +  G   (000787)

Sorry if you don't understand, but it's hard to write this tab, easy to play but hard to 
make understand how to play ;) hugs! :)
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