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Home P Poison Every Rose Has Its Thorn Guitar Tab

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G Cadd9 D Em C
Eb -3----3------2----0-----x--|
Bb -3----3------3----0-----1--|
Gb -0----0------2----0-----0--|
Db -0----2------0----2-----2--|
Ab -2----3------x----2-----3--|
Eb -3----x------x----0-----0--|

Intro: G, Cadd9

Verse 1:

G Cadd9
We both lie silently still, in the dead of the night.
G Cadd9
Although we both lie close together, 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 C
Though I tried not to hurt you, though I tried, but I guess that's why they say

CHORUS
G Cadd9
Every rose has its thorn.
G Cadd9
Just like every night has its dawn.
G D C
Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song.
G C
Every rose has its thorn.

[Bridge and solo - I just play G-Cadd9-G-Cadd9

Verse 2:
G Cadd9
Listen to our favorite song, playing on the radio.
G Cadd9
Well the DJ says loves a game of easy come and easy go.
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
But I wonder, does he know, has he ever felt like this.
D C
Well I know that you'd be here right now if I

coulda let you know somehow, I guess

[Chorus]

Em D C G
Though it's been awhile now, I can still feel so much pain.
Em D C G
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals, but the scar, that scar remains

G-Cadd9

Verse 3:
G Cadd9
I know I coulda saved our love that night if I'd known what to say.
G Cadd9
Instead of making love we both made our separate ways.
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
And now I hear you've found somebody new, and that I never meant that much to you.
D C
To hear that tears me up inside, and to see you cuts me like a knife, I guess

[Chorus]

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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December Underg
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#1 by December Underground at Aug 31, 1972 at 4:40 PM EST
To me this song isn't so much about the the person who got dumped but the person who did the dumping. I recently went through a real bad patch with my boyfriend and he ended up dumping me. I sucked it up and pretended that everything was all right. Then he heard how I was moving on and still living my life it tore him up. The line "I know I could have saved our love that night" reminds me of how he told he he felt. That this was his fault and he could have saved us a lot of heartache if he'd just known how much I ment to him. To me this song reflects a very important part of my life.
 
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Gabe
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#2 by Gabe Hawkins at Aug 8, 1973 at 6:35 PM EST
This song has been a favorite of mine since the first time i had heard it! If there was every any song that explins the meaning of everything in life it is this one! It's quite the cliche. Everything in life that looks beautful as a rose would, has something hidden behind it that can hurt you...either physically or mentally. One may not see it at first, but after much time, we are able to see what is swept under the rug (the thorn). Life is full of surprises, not everything is as beautiful as a rose!
 
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isaac
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#3 by isaac fritsch at Sep 26, 1976 at 8:31 PM EST
i listen to my favorite song playin on the radio rock on poison
 
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Freddy
Badass
#4 by Freddy Timmons at Oct 7, 1981 at 9:15 PM EST
Brett Michaels has said if I remember correctly that it was written in a laundromat with just him & his acoustic guitar after he found his girl in bed with someone else.
 
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Charlie
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#5 by Charlie Fletcher at Jul 2, 1983 at 10:31 PM EST
This tune is the meaning of life. Plain and simple. Whenever anyone asks you "What's the meaning of life?", just play them this song, or tell them the lyrics. And if you don't believe me, just watch the movie "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey". It's right there. Reciting the chorus of this tune gets them into Heaven.
 
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Bloody Mess All
Musical Thunder
#6 by Bloody Mess All Over My Clothes at Dec 6, 1984 at 11:58 PM EST
This song is every broken heart I've ever had, or at least that's what I thought as a teenager. As an adult who's been through a divorce, it means even more.
 
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Snap! Crackle!
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#7 by Snap! Crackle! Josh!! waldenmaier at Aug 12, 1986 at 11:49 PM EST
This song is fabulous and definitely Poison's best ballad. It is my favorite guitar solo by C.C. Deville, Poison's lead guitarist. Little do most people know, this group has a lot of nice love songs and ballads along with their awesome party anthems. So give the Dirty Boys of the 80's and 90's a shot and they'll give ya what they got!
 
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ben
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#8 by ben doherty at Oct 1, 1991 at 8:01 PM EST
I find this to be one of the best songs ever written. It has been my favorite song since the first day I heard it.
 
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Justin
Wanna Be
#9 by Justin Neafsey at Mar 20, 1992 at 11:53 AM EST
Regardless of how pristine a person's personality may persived to be, that individual, as well as one's self, are only human. Flawed human beings.
 
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Sam
Wanna Be
#10 by Sam Payne at Aug 11, 1999 at 8:50 PM EST
great song, nuff said
 
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Kevin
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#11 by Kevin turbyfill at Oct 11, 1999 at 11:36 PM EST
great song. i agree with ashleigh9169 about the lyrics. they mean so much 2 me, i can relate
 
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kyle
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#12 by kyle sharpshooter at Apr 20, 2004 at 6:16 AM EST
Every rose has its thorn... every beautiful relationship, every good thing in life has its painful moments. It may have been amazing while it lasted, but there will always be that pain when it ends. Awesome song.