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
Tuning - Eb|B|Eb|G|B|F
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-|
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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------|
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|-2--------2---|-2--------2---|-2--------2---|
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|-3-----0------|-3-----0------|-3-----0------|
|----------2---|----------2---|----------2---|
|-------0------|--------------|--------------|
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|-2--------2---|-0--------0---|-0--------0---|
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|-3-----0------|-3-----0------|
|----------2---|----------2---|
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|-------2------|-------2------|
|-0--------0---|-0--------0---|
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Riff 4: |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
(Outro |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
riff) |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
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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