Cocteau Twins - Wax And Wane Chords & Tabs

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|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
(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-|

         |-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
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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-|
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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-|

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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