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The Boy With The Thorn In His Side Tab by The Smiths

The Boy With The Thorn In His Side tab by The Smiths

Guitar Tab

The Boy With the Thorn in His Side

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-------------

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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   ..
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 ..
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

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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