Band: The Smiths
Song: The Boy with the Thorn in his Side
Album: The Queen is Dead
Thom Mills [email protected]
  
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