Cocteau Twins – When Mama Was Moth (Guitar Tab)

Transliterated by Jason Baxter Jan 2001. Overture - SFX. (4 bars)

Intro  - F#m   G#m   F#sus4        F#m   G#m   F#sus4         
         |-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|
         |-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|
         |-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|
         |-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|
         |---0-|---2-|---2--|-(2)-|---0-|---2-|---2--|
         |-2---|-4---|-2----|-(2)-|-2---|-4---|-2----|

Riff 1 - F#m               G#m               F#sus4               
         |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
         |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
         |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
         |-4-6-7-6-4-0-4-3-|-4-6-7-6-4-0-4-3-|-4-6-7-6-4-0-4-3-|
         |---0-------------|---2-------------|---2-------------|
         |-2---------------|-4---------------|-2---------------|

         F#sus4
         |-------------------|
         |-------------------|
         |-------------------|
         |--4--6-7-6-4-0-4-3-|
         |-(2)---------------|
         |-(2)---------------|

Verse - (with riff 1) F#sus4 |F#m |G#m |F#sus4 Sunburst and|snowblind a|chill of fear running down my|back |F#sus4 |F#m | When|Mama was queen and a|worker bee chills| G#m |F#sus4 | all start screaming ribbed and|veined | Bridge - F#sus4 |F#m |G#m |F#sus4 (with riff 1) Verse - |F#sus4 |F#m |G#m |F#sus4 The|sunburst and the|snowblind a|chill of fear running down my|back |F#sus4 |F#m | When|Mama was moth I took|bulbform a| G#m |F#sus4 | body electric writhe in|vain | Bridge - F#sus4 (4 bars) Outro - F#sus4 | (x6) Body electric | (body electric)| ========================= UNFAMILIAR CHORDS: Note the use of power chords (only play top two strings) E e F#sus4 |2|2|x|x|x|x| F#m |2|0|x|x|x|x| G#m |4|2|x|x|x|x|