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