Wax And Wane tab

Wax And Wane

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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 

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         |-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-|-2-2-----2-| 
        E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 

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         |-0-0-----0-|-0-0-----0-|-0-0-----0-|-0-0-----0-| 
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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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         |-2--------2---|-0--------0---|-0--------0---| 
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         |-------2------|-------2------| 
         |-0--------0---|-0--------0---| 
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         |-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-3-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-3-3-0-| 

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         |-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 
 

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