• Song:

    Every Rose Has Its Thorn

  • Artist:

    Poison

  • Album:

    Rock Champions

This is my first time uploading on here, so I apologize in advance 
if these are wrong, I would gladly accept any corrections! I am a 
15 year old girl and I have a really big passion for guitar so I 
would accept any criticism :)

I found a lot of the posts on here for this song weren't correct 
and after countless times listening to the song, and seeing other
peoples versions of the way they perform this song, this is what 
I came up with. Please feel free to correct me.

The strumming pattern is kind of difficult because it's so 
complex, but I'll try my best to explain it.

    For the first two verses it's a sixteenth note strum.
    1st set of G Cadd9 - G Cadd9:
        D-DDU-UD-DUDU
    2nd set of G Cadd9 - G Cadd9:
           D-DDU
             DC:
        D-DDU-UD-DUDU

    Chorus strumming pattern.
    G Cadd9 - G Cadd9:
        D-DDU-UD-DUDU
    GDC:
        D-DDU
    G:
        D-DDU-UD-DUDU
    C:
        Down

    The little extra verse thing that I indicated I didn't know what exactly was.
    I just used D-DU-U-DU

    For the 3rd and final verse.
    G  // C  x4
        DU    D
    G Cadd9 - G Cadd9:
        D-DDU
    DC:
        D-DDU-UD-DUDU

Sorry if that was bad, if you still don't understand I used the video 
at the following link to help me understand. 
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71O-QCpnB7s




Verse 1:
    G                              Cadd9
We both lie silently still, in the dead of the night
             G                               Cadd9
Although we both lie close together, we feel miles apart inside
         G                  Cadd9
Was it something I said, or something I did,
         G                Cadd9
did my words not come out right?
          D                               G
Though I tried not to hurt you, though I tried, but I guess that's why they say


Chorus:
  G                Cadd9
Every rose has its thorn
           G                   Cadd9
Just like every night, has its dawn
           G      D             C
Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song
  G                  C
Every rose has its thorn 


Bridge: Em D C G / Em D C 
Solo: G C G C / Em D-C G-Em D / C


Verse 2:
  G                                        Cadd9
Listen to our favorite song playing on the radio
         G                                    Cadd9
Well the DJ says loves a game of east come and    easy go
       G              Cadd9         G             Cadd9
But I wonder, does he know, has he ever felt like this
        D                                      C
Well I know that you'd be here right now if I

could let you know somehow, I guess


Chorus:
  G                Cadd9
Every rose has its thorn
            G                 Cadd9
Just like every night has its dawn
            G     D             C
Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song
  G                  C
Every rose has its thorn


(Not completely sure what this is)
  EM                D               C                 G
Though its been awhile now, I can still feel so much pain
 EM                 D                       C                   G
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals,   but that scar remains


G-Cadd9 (x2)


Verse 3:
   G                                            Cadd9
I know I coulda saved our love that night if I'd   known what to say
G                               Cadd9 
 instead of making love we both made our separate ways
            G                   Cadd9          G                       Cadd9
and now I hear you've found somebody new, and that I never meant that much to you
    D                                  C
to hear that tears me up inside, and to see you cuts me like a knife, I guess

Chorus:
 G                 Cadd9
Every rose has its thorn
            G                 Cadd9
Just like every night has its dawn
            G    D              C
Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song
  G                 C
Every rose has its thorn 

Outro:

E ----------------|
B ----------------|
G ----------------|
D --------0-------|
A ------0---------|
E --0-2-----0-----|

One strum:  G
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