The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the boy with the thorn in his side - the smiths - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tabbed by : knighty123 email : knighty_dan@hotmail . co . uk i wanted to learn this song to play acoustically , but the tabs already on here didn’t seem right . so i made this one , it’s sort of an amalgamation of different people’s rendition of the song , with the song itself , put in a way i think sounds nice when played on an acoustic . the Intro i tabbed out isn’t completely accurate as to how many strums of each chord to do , so just try it out and do whatever sounds good to yourself . in the Verse , i’ll put A ’ * ’ next to the Am chords , which you play briefly for a strum or two . Intro : ( C - D x3 ) E - - - - - - 0 - 00 - 00 - - - - 2 - 2 - 00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 00 - 00 - - 00 - 0 - - - 2 - - 23 - 20 - - 2 - - | B - - - - - - 1 - 11 - 11 - - - - 3 - 3 - 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 11 - 11 - - 00 - 0 - - - 3 - - 33 - 33 - - 3 - - | G - - - - - - 0 - 00 - 00 - - - - 2 - 2 - 22 - - - - 3 - 33 - 33 - - 33 - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | this is where lyrics start the boy with the . . . . E - - - - - - 7 - 77 - 77 - 8 - 8 - - - - - 5 - 55 - 5 - 55 - 55 - - - - - | B - - - - - - 8 - 88 - 88 - 8 - 8 - - - - - 7 - 77 - 7 - 77 - 77 - - - - - | G - - - - - - 7 - 77 - 77 - 7 - 7 - - - - - 7 - 77 - 7 - 77 - 77 - - - - - | D - - - - - - 0 - 00 - 00 - 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 - 00 - 0 - 00 - 00 - - - - - | A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ( as above ) Am the boy with the thorn in his side C D behind the hatred there lies G Am * D a murderous desire Am C D foooor loooove D G Am * D how can they look into my eyes Am C D and still they don’t believe me G Am * D how can they hear me say those words Am C D still they don’t believe me G Am * D and if they don’t believe me now Am C D will they ever believe me? G Am * D and if they don’t believe me now Am C will they ever believe me? the Intro is then played again and the above chords are repeated for the rest of the song .