Wax And Wane Chords
Wax And Wane by Cocteau Twins is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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-|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-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