Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Eb Tuning 140 bpm 4/4 Strumming
[Open Up and Say… Ahh! 1988]
Intro
G G C C G G C C
Verse 1
G G
We both lie silently still in the
C C
dead of the night…
G G
Although we both lie close together…
C C
we feel miles apart inside…
Pre Chorus 1
G C
Was it something I said or something I did…
G C
did my words not come out right…
D D
Though I tried not to hurt you…
C C
though I tried but I guess that's why they say…
Chorus
G G C C
Every rose has its thorn…
G G C C
Just like every night has its dawn…
G D C G
Just like every cowboy sings a sad… sad song…
G G * C (C)
Every rose has its thorn…
Interlude
G G C C G G C C
Verse 2
G G
I listen to our favorite song
C C
playing on the radio…
G G
Hear the DJ says love’s a game of
C C
easy come and… easy go…
Pre Chorus 2
G C
but I wonder… does he know…
G C
has he ever felt like this…
D D
and I know that you'd be here right now if I…
C C
could have let you know somehow… I guess…
Chorus
G G C C
Every rose has its thorn…
G G C C
Just like every night has its dawn…
G D C G
Just like every cowboy sings a sad… sad song…
G G C C
Every rose has its thorn…
Bridge
Em D
Though it's been a while-eee now…
C G
I can still-lll feel so much pain-nnn…
Em D
Like a knife that cuts-sss you…
C C
the wound heals… but the scar…
Solo
G G C C G G C C
that scar remains…
Em D C G Em D C C
* G (G) * C (C) * G (G) * C (C)
Verse 3
G G
I know I could’ve saved our love that night if I'd…
C C
known what to say…
G G
instead of making love we both…
C C
made our separate ways…
Pre Chorus 3
G C
and now I… hear you've found somebody new…
G C
and that I never meant that much to you…
D D
to hear that tears me up inside and to
C C
see you cuts me… like a knife I guess…
Chorus
G G C C
Every rose has its thorn…
G G C C
Just like every night has its dawn…
G D C G
Just like every cowboy sings a sad… sad song…
G G C C
Every rose has its thorn…
Outro
G * G