Band: The Smiths
Song: The Boy with the Thorn in his Side
Album: The Queen is Dead
Thom Mills dustbin_man@hotmail.com
intro (i'm just showing the chords, i'm too lazy to tab out each
time he strums the chord)
C D C Cmaj7 Dsus4C D
e-3---2--- -3---3----3----0--2--
b-5---3--- -5---5----3----1--3--
g-5---2--- -5---4----2----0--2--
d-5---0--- x2 -5---5----0----2--0--
a--------- ---------------3-----
e--------- ---------------------
g--------- ---------------------
d-----0--- ----------0--0----0--
a-3-----0- -3-------------3-----
e--------- ----3--0-------------
The song repeats the following pattern, then ends with the intro, then back through it again. Also again, i dont tab out all the strumming (which insnt to be confused with the times he is actually holding the notes)
G Am C/Am
The boy with the thorn in his side behind the
e-7-----7-7----8-8--5-------------------------8-------------------
b-8-----8-8----1010-7-------------------------8-------------------
g-7-----7-7----9-9--7-------------------------9-------------------
d-------------------7---------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------2-----------------------
d-------------------0----------0-0-----4--------------------2-----
a---------------------------------------------0--3-0------3-------
e-3-------3-------------------------------------------------------
C D
hatred there lies
e-10-----5-----------
b-8------7----------- you go though that twice then change the
g-9------7----------- last C to a 3 one for the rest of the song
d-10-----7----------- 5
a-------------------- 5
e-------------------- 5
g--------------------
d--------0-----------
a-3------------0---0-
e----------------2---
end with the intro
