Wolf In The Breast Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays440

Wolf In The Breast by Cocteau Twins is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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Typical Cocteau effects: Chorus, lots of delay, reverb 

 Verse - 1st guitar, the main arpeggio                                                         
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  
||-------0------|-------0------|-------0-------|-------0------||  
||-----6---6----|-----1---1----|-----2---0-----|-----2---0----||  
||---7----------|---2----------|---0-----------|---0----------||  
||-0------------|-0------------|-0-------------|-0------------||  
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  

Chorus - 1st guitar arpeggio             
                           switch order of last two arpeggio from verse 
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  
||-------0------|-------0------|-------0-------|-------0------||  
||-----6---6----|-----5---5----|-----2---0-----|-----1---1----||  
||---7----------|---7----------|---0-----------|---2----------||  
||-0------------|-0------------|-0-------------|-0------------||  
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  

Chorus - 2nd guitar (prominent in youtubes Live Soundboard Remaster version) 
||-9--9--9--9---|-7---7---7---7|-5---5---5---5-|-4---4---4---4||  
||--10-10-10----|---9---9---9--|---7---7---7---|---5---5---5--||  
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  
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Chorus, bass guitar line 
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||--4--4--5--5--|-7--7--10-----|--5----7----9--|2-----4-----5-||  
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  

Bridge, straight after Chorus, around 2:15 - main guitar arpeggio, faster tempo 
                                                D 
||--------------|--------------|---------------|---5------5---||  
||----0-----0---|----0------0--|----0-------0--|----7------7--||  
||---7-7---7-7--|---6-6----6-6-|---5-5-----5-5-|--7------7----||  
||--7-----7-----|--7------7----|--7------7-----|-7------7-----||  
||-0-----0------|-0------0-----|-0------0------|5------5------||  
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  

Bridge - 2nd guitar (these parts work well together, play both and you will hear it)   
                                                D 
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  
||--10--9--7-5--|--------5-5---|------8--7--5--|3-------------||  
||-9--9--9------|--2-2---5-5---|----9--7--7----|2-------------||  
||--------------|--2-2---------|---------------|--------------||  
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  
||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||  

Then end with the Chorus part 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante