Cocteau Twins – Wax And Wane (Guitar Tab)

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Wax and Wane - written by Cocteau Twins produced by Cocteau Twins/Ivo © 1983. 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|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
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 riff)   |-----0-0---|-----0-0---|-----0-0---|-----0-0---|
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         |-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-|
        E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

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         |-----2-2---|-----2-2---|-----2-2---|-----2-2---|
         |-0-0-----0-|-0-0-----0-|-0-0-----0-|-0-0-----0-|
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Riff 2:  |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
(Verse   |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
 riff)   |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
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         |-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-5-5-|

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         |-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------|
         |--------------|--------------|--------------|
         |-2--------2---|-2--------2---|-2--------2---|
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         |-3-----0------|-3-----0------|-3-----0------|
         |----------2---|----------2---|----------2---|
         |-------0------|--------------|--------------|
         |--------------|-------2------|-------2------|
         |-2--------2---|-0--------0---|-0--------0---|
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         |-3-----0------|-3-----0------|
         |----------2---|----------2---|
         |--------------|--------------|
         |-------2------|-------2------|
         |-0--------0---|-0--------0---|
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Riff 4:  |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
(Outro   |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
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         |-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-3-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-3-0-|

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         |-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