Wax And Wane

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 Tuning - Eb|B|Eb|G|B|F Riff 1: e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| (Intro |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| riff) |-----0-0---|-----0-0---|-----0-0---|-----0-0---| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-| E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----2-2---|-----2-2---|-----2-2---|-----2-2---| |-0-0-----0-|-0-0-----0-|-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------| |--------------|--------------|--------------| |-2--------2---|-2--------2---|-2--------2---| |--------------|--------------|--------------| |-3-----0------|-3-----0------|-3-----0------| |----------2---|----------2---|----------2---| |-------0------|--------------|--------------| |--------------|-------2------|-------2------| |-2--------2---|-0--------0---|-0--------0---| |--------------|--------------|--------------| |-3-----0------|-3-----0------| |----------2---|----------2---| |--------------|--------------| |-------2------|-------2------| |-0--------0---|-0--------0---| |--------------|--------------| Riff 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