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Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn in His Side

The Boy With The Thorn in His Side

The Boy With the Thorn in His Side

As usual, dont quote me on the bass part as I dont pay too too much
attention to it.

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


Tom
shruew@cyclone.xnet.com