Wax And Wane
Cocteau Twins
Continues after the ad
Key:
Transliterated by Jason Baxter Jan 2001. Note that this tab is made up of three basic riffs which are repeated several times in the song; so the tab below consists of these four riffs and then a schedule (with lyrics) of when to play them. E e Riff 1: e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| (Intro |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| riff) |-----0-0---|-----0-0---|-----0-0---|-----0-0---||-----------|-----------| |-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-| E|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----2-2---|-----2-2---| |-0-0-----0-|-0-0-----0-| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----2-2---|-----2-2---| |-0-0-----0-|-0-0-----0-| |-----------|-----------|Riff 2: |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| (Verse |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| riff) |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-2-0-| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-5-5-| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-2-0-| |-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-5-5-5-|Riff 3: |-3-----0------|-3-----0------|-3-----0------| (Chorus |----------2---|----------2---|----------2---| riff) |-------0------|-------0------|-------0------||-3-----0------|-3-----0- |----------2---|--------- |-------0------|--------- |--------------|-------2- |-2--------2---|-0------- |--------------|--------- |-----|-3-----0------| |-2---|----------2---| |-----|--------------| |-----|-------2------| |-0---|-0--------0---| |-----|--------------| |-3-----0------|-3-----0- |----------2---|--------- |--------------|--------- |-------2------|-------2- |-0--------0---|-0------- |--------------|--------- |-----| |-2---| |-----| |-----| |-0---| |-----|Continues after the adRiff 4: |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| (Outro |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| riff) |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-3-0-| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-3-0-| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------| |-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-3-0-| |-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-5-5-5-|======================================== Intro: Riff 1 (x2) Riff 2 Riff 3 (x2) Riff 2 Verse: Riff 2 - Carrying Prose Broke my real friend The devil bites dirty We wax and he wanes Chrous: Riff 3 - The Devil bites dirty we wax and wane (x2) The Devil bites dirty we wax and wane Bridge: Riff 2 Verse: Riff 2 - Linking arms The devil bites dirty Wrangling weird taste We wax and he wanes Chorus: Riff 3 (x2) - As before. Bridge: Riff 1 (first 4 bars only) (x8) There I guess he got his shoes shone The devil bites dirty Go up to wee weans And we laugh in their faces Chorus: Riff 3 (x4) - As before. Outro: Riff 2 (x2) Riff 4