• Song:

    The Boy With The Thorn

  • Artist:

    The Smiths

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Tabbed by Dom Glynn

There are only 3 guitar figures to the song, all tabbed here.  I haven't noted the 
structure, it's easy enough to get the hang of.


INTRO/CHORUS

E 0-0-xx-0--0-2-0-2---0-0-xx-0--0-2-0-2---0-0-xx-0--0---0-3-3-3-0-0-2-|
B 1-1-xx-1--0-3-3-3---1-1-xx-1--0-3-3-3---1-1-xx-1--0---0-3-3-3-0-1-3-|
G 0-0-xx-0--0-2-2-2---0-0-xx-0--0-2-2-2---0-0-xx-0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
D 2-2-xx-2--0-0-0-0---2-2-xx-2--0-0-0-0---2-2-xx-2--2---2---------2-0-|
A 3-3-xx-3------------3-3-xx-3------------3-3-xx-3----------------3---|
E --------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE

E 7--7-7-7-7--8-8-8--5--5-5-5-5-7-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3--7-8--5--5-5-5-|
B 8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5--7-8--7--7-7-7-|
G 7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5--5-5--7--7-7-7-|
D -------------------------------------10-10101010101010--------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play^ twice

The next section of the verse features an acoustic guitar playing open chords over the 
first line, followed by electric over the second (tabbed):

G                          D
How can they look into my eyes
E 8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3--3-3-3--5--5-5-5-5-|
B 8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3--3-3-3--7--7-7-7-7-|
G 9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9---5--5-5-5--7--7-7-7-7-|
D 10-10101010101010-----------------------|
A ----------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------|
And still they don't believe me ?
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