The Boy With The Thorn In His Side Chords

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The Boy With The Thorn In His Side by The Smiths is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords C, D, Cmaj7, Dsus4, Am7, G and C9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Introdução: C D C D C Cmaj7 Dsus4 C D 

D                        Am7 
The boy with the thorn in his side 
              C      D 
Behind the hatered there lies 
      G             C9 
A murderous desire 
D  Am7     C   D 
For love 

              G        C9  D 
How can they look into my eyes 
                       Am7        C   D 
And still they don't believe me 
              G           C9     D 
How can they hear me say those words 
                  Am7         C 
Still they don't believe me 

    D                G       C9    D 
And if they don't believe me now 
          Am7               C 
Will they ever believe me? 
 D                   G       C9    D 
And if they don't believe me now 
                 Am7 
Will they ever believe me? 
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             C9 
A plundering desire 
D  Am7     C   D 
For love 

              G             C9    D 
How can they see the love in our eyes 
                       Am7        C   D 
And still they don't believe us 
              G           C9     D 
And after all this time 
                  Am7         C 
They don't want to believe us 


              G             C9    D 
And if they don't believe us now 
                       Am7        C   D 
Will they ever believe us? 
              G             C9    D 
And when you want to live 
                       Am7        C   D 
How do you start? 
              G             C9    D 
Where do you go? 
                       Am7        C   D 
Who do you need to know? 

C  D  C  D  C Cmaj7 Dsus4 C D 
Ohhh... 

Volte no (G C9 D Am7 C D) até acabar a música. 

Esse Riff é tocado junto com os acordes do final da música: 

E|7-7-7-8--8--5-5-5-7-5-5--0--0--0---7-7--8-5--| 
B|8-8-8-10-10-7-7-7-0-0-8--8--8--8---8-8-10-7--| 
G|0-0-0-0--0--7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9---0-0--0-0--| 
D|------------------------10-10-10-------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------| 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante