This song is really simple. There's only really two parts to learn and they are repeated
throughout the whole song.
It's all played on 1 guitar using a short delay, chorus and a little bit of overdrive.
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Part 1
E||------------2---------|------------2---------|---------||
B||------------2---------|------------2---------|---------||
G||------------2---------|------------2---------|---------||
D||------------4---------|------------4---------|---------||
A||----------------------|----------------------|---------||
E||--0--2----------------|--0--2----------------|---------||
Part 2 (repeated a few times)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cocteau_twins/persephone_tab.html ]
E||------------2---------|--2---------2---------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
B||------------2---------|--2---------2---------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
G||------------2---------|--2---------2---------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
D||------------4---------|--4---------4---------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
A||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------||
E||--0--2----------------|----------------------|-----------------||
Part 3
E||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-||
B||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-||
G||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|| Repeated over and over
D||--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-||
A||--------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------||
A bit later in the song it changes to:
E||--16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-14-14-14-||
B||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-||
G||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|| Repeated over and over
D||--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-||
A||--------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------||
That's really all you need to know.