Crown Of Thorns Chords & Tabs
Crown of Thorns
Artist: Mother Love Bone
Album: Shine (1989)
Tabbed by LoudLon
loudlon@yahoo.com
Standard tuning EADG
PERFORMANCE NOTES:
1. Since this song is most often heard as the second
part of Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns (which is all
piano, no bass) the time stamps correspond to that
version, and not the stand-alone Crown of Thorns single
from the MLB album "Apple" released a year later.
2. I didn't mark every slide because there are a lot of them;
just keep in mind Jeff Ament frequently (though not always)
slides up or down from one bar to the next throughout the song.
INTRO (01:57)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----7------------|----5------------|----7------------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-3--2------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 1 (02:12) (2x)
"You ever heard the story..."
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----7------------|----5------------|----7------------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-3--2------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(02:40)
"...way...away..."
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----7------------|----5------------|----7/-----------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-3---------------|-5-----0---------|-3--2------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 2 (02:54) (2x)
"It's a broken kind of feeling..."
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----7------------|----5------------|----7------------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-3--2------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(03:23)
"...gain...again..."
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----7/-----------|----5------------|----7/-----------|-----------------|
A |-5------0--------|-3---------------|-5-----0---------|-3--2------------|
E |-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3-----3---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS (03:37)
"This is my kind of love..."
sl. sl.
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----7/----7-797-|----5------5-575-|----7/-----7-797-|-----------------|
A |-5--5---0--------|-3---------------|-5-----0---------|-3--2------------|
E |-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3---3-3-33|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
sl. sl.
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----7/-----7-797-|----5-----55-575-|----7/-----7-797-|-12-11\5---------|
A |-5-----0---------|-3---------------|-5-----0---------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 3 (04:05) (2x)
"I used to treat you like a lady..."
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----7------------|----5------------|----7------------|-----------------|
A |-5---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-3--2------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 2 (04:33)
"And this is my kind of love..."
sl. sl.
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----7/---77-797-|----5------5-575-|----7/-----7-797-|-----------------|
A |-5--5--0---------|-3---------------|-5-----0---------|-3--2------------|
E |-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3-3-3-3-3-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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sl. sl. sl.
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----7/-----7-797-|----5-----55-575-|----7/-----7-797-|-12-11\5--55-5555|
A |-5-5---0---------|-3---------------|-5-----0---------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
BRIDGE (5:00)
"alone, yeah..."
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-0--00-3-33--3-3-|-3--2------------|-0--00-3-33--3-3-|-3--2------------|
E |-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-------3--33-3-33|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-0--00-3-33--3-3-|-3--2------------|-0--00-3-33--3-3-|-3--2-/5---------|
E |-----------------|-------3-----3/--|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
BREAKDOWN (05:27)
*harmonics
G |-----7*-5*-------|-----------------|-----7*-5*-------|-----------------|
D |-------7*--------|-----------------|-------7*--------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----3-----------|
E |-0---------------|(0)--------------|-0---------------|--------0--------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----7*-5*-------|-----------------|-----7*-5*-------|-----------------|
D |-------7*--------|-----------------|-------7*--------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-3--3-20---------|-----------------|-3--3-2/5--------|
E |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----7*-5*-------|-----------------|-----7*-5*-------|-----------------|
D |-------7*--------|-----------------|-------7*--------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-3--3-20---------|-----------------|-3--3-2/5--------|
E |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----7*-5*-------|-----------------|-----7*-5*-------|-----------------|
D |-------7*--------|-----------------|-------7*--------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----3--0--------|-----------------|-----3--0--------|
E |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(6:22) Kick it!
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----9------------|----7------------|----9------------|-----------------|
A |-7-----7---------|-5-----5---------|-7-----7---------|-5--4------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------5---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(6:36)(2x)
"Oh, oh, oh..."
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |----9------9-9---|----7------7-7---|----9------9-9---|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|-5-----0---------|-7---------------|-5--4------------|
E |-------7---------|-----------------|-------7---------|-------5-55--5-5-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
OUTRO
(7:03)(6x)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----7--7--7-7---|-3--3-20--00-0-0-|-----7--7--7-7---|-3--3-2/5-5--5-5-|
E |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(8:02)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----7--7--7-7---|-3--2-/5--------/|(10)-------------|-----------------|
E |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |----(9)----------|-----------------|
A |-(7)---(7)-------|(7)/-------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
