Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn (complete) guitar tab
Artist: Poison
Song: Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Tuning: Standard (hi to lo eBGDAE)
3 guitars: acoustic (Bret) lead (C.C.) rhythm (bobby)
Notation:
b bend
~ vibrato
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer on
p pull off
s sustain
Play along with the song at first to get strumming and timing
right, then rock and roll! As always, comments/suggestions
are welcome at nine_furry_old_people@yahoo.com
Chords used:
G Cadd9 D C Em
e---3------3------2------0-------0----
b---3------3------3------1-------0----
g---0------0------2------0-------1----
d---0------2------0------2-------2----
a---2------3-------------3-------2----
E---3--------------------0-------0----
Intro: (G, Cadd9, G, Cadd9)(Bret)
G
We both lie silent and still in the
Cadd9
dead of the night
G
Although we both lie close together
Cadd9
We feel miles apart inside
G Cadd9
Was it something I said or something I did?
G Cadd9
Did my words not come out right?
D
Though I tried not to hurt you
C
Though I tried
But I guess that’s why they say
G Cadd9
Every rose has its thorn
G Cadd9
Just like every night has its dawn
G D C G
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
G D C
Every rose has its thorn
Yeah it does
Solo 1 (chords during the solo: G, Cadd9, G, Cadd9)(C.C.)
↓This part is played fast↓
e-------------10b--9~~~-------------------------------------------------14b--14~~----------
b---11b~~--------------------4--7--9--7--6--12--11--9--9b--9~~-------------------11b--11~~-
g--------------------------6---------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Or(it’s the same thing but might be easier)
e-------------10b--9~~~-------------------------------------------------14b--14~~-----------
b---11b~~-------------------4--7--9---------12------------------------------------11b--11~~-
g-------------------------6---------11--10-----15--13--13b--13~~----------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G
I listen to our favorite song
Cadd9
playing on the radio
G
Hear the DJ say love’s a game of easy come and
Cadd9
Easy go
G Cadd9
But I wonder, does he know?
G Cadd9
Has he ever felt like this?
D
And I know that you’d be here right now if I
C
Could’ve let you know somehow
I guess
G Cadd9
Every rose has its thorn
G Cadd9
Just like every night has its dawn
G D C G
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
G D C
Every rose has its thorn
(if memory serves, the power chords on this fill are the same:
E, D, C, G and Gb tabbed out below, listen to the song for timing
and im not sure if you'll need the Gb or not but i think it sounds
cool)(they are in () over the lyrics)(Bobby)
E D C G Gb
e-----------------
b-----------------
g-----7--5--------
d--2--7--5--5--4--
a--2--5--3--5--4--
E--0--------3--2--
(E) (D)
Em D
And though it’s been a while now
(C) (G) (G)(Gb)
C G
I can still feel so much pain
(E) (D)
Em D
Like the knife that cuts you the wound heals
(C)
C
But the scar
(?)
G
That scar remains
Solo 2 (chords during this solo: G, Cadd9, G, Cadd9, G, D, C, G,
D, C, G [hold])
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------14---------------
g--11~/15~~---15/16---16\15---15/16---16\15---15/16---14/15-------14b~~--11~~--
d------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
b--14b~~--14~~---12--------------------------------------------------------
g--------------------------15--13--15--13--11--13--11--10--11--10--9--7/8--
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------14----------14--------14--
b--------------------14h16------14h16-------14h16-----
g--8/10--10/11--7/8-----------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------13--14--16--16p14p13--16--16p14p13--16p14p13p11-
b------------------------14--------------------------------------------------
g--8/10--10/11--7/8--11------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
e--13/14s~--
b-----------
g-----------
d-----------
a-----------
E-----------
(listen to the song to get the strumming pattern right here:
it’s something like down down up down I think, at least when I
play it that way it sounds pretty cool)
(chords before this last verse: G, Cadd9, G, Cadd9)
G
I know I could’ve saved our love that night if I’d
Cadd9
Known what to say
G
Instead of making love,
Cadd9
We both made our separate ways
And now I
G Cadd9
Hear you found somebody new
G Cadd9
And that I never meant that much to you
D
To hear that tears me up inside
C
And to see you cuts me like a knife
I guess
G Cadd9
Every rose has its thorn
G Cadd9
Just like every night has its dawn
G D C G
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
G D C
Every rose has its thorn
(at ‘ways’) I’m not sure who plays this bit…
e-----------------------------------
b-----------------------------------
g-----------------------------------
d-----------------------------------
a------------8/11--9--6/8--11--8----
E--------------------------------9--
C.C. plays this next bit over the last verse and chorus. Listen
to get the timing right!
e------------------------9-------9-------------7--6------9-------------
b--10b--9--7--/9----10b----10b-----10b---7~~--------10b-----10b---7~~--
g----------------------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
e--10b--9~~----------------------------9------------9-----------------------
b-------------9b--7~~---------7--9--7-----10b--10b-----10b--7~~---6--7--7s--
g-----------------------6--8------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
And Bret plays this on acoustic at the end (its a G)
e-------------------3----
b-------------------3----
g-----------0-------0----
d--------0----0----------
a-----2------------------
E--3---------------------
