from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com lyrics and chords of: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side by The Smiths Suggestions and corrections are always welcome! date: 95/10/15 D Am7 The boy with the thorn in his side C D Behind the hatered there lies G Am A murderous desire D Am7 C D For love G Am D How can they look into my eyes Am7 C D And still they don't believe me G Am D How can they hear me say those words Am7 C Still they don't believe me D G Am D And if they don't believe me now Am7 C Will they ever believe me? D G Am D And if they don't believe me now Am7 Will they ever believe me? C D C D C D C Cmaj7 Dsus4 C D Ohhh, ohhh, ohhh, ohhh D Am7 The boy with the thorn in his side C D Behind the hatered there lies G Am A plundering desire D Am7 C D For love G Am D How can they see the love in our eyes Am7 C D And still they don't believe us G Am D And after all this time Am7 C They don't want to believe us (like above) And if they don't believe us now Will they ever believe us? And when you want to live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Seite 1 von 2 From: shruew@cyclone.xnet.com (Johnny Mnemonic) Subject: Smiths- the.boy.with.the.thorn.in.his.side.tab To: guitar@nevada.edu Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 04:37:43 -0500 (CDT) 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