Wave Of Mutilation Tab

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The Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
 
[INTRO] (Chords on top, Joey’s octaves on bottom)
                                                        F
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
   A                     Bb              G
E----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7---5---3---------|--10---9-----------|
D----------------------|-------------7---5-|-------------------|
A--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-5---3---1---------|---8---7-----------|
E----------------------|-------------5---3-|-------------------|
                                            *go back forth between these
                                             2 octaves on this part
  *F A Bb (3x)
 
 
[VERSE 1]
(chords in parenthesis not actually played)
 F           (A)             (Bb)  (G)
  Cease to resist, giving my goodbye
 Bb-A-G-F         (A)          (Bb) (G)
         Drive my car into the ocean
 Bb-A-G-F                  A               Bb  G
         You'll think I'm dead, but I sail away
 
[CHORUS]
      F       A   Bb
 On a wave of mutilation
 F       A   Bb
 Wave of mutilation
 F       A   Bb
 Wave of mutilation
   F  Bb      F  Bb
 A wave ....  wave
 
      G-----------------------------------------------|
      D-----------------------------------------------|
      A-----------------------------------------------|
Bass: E-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6--6-3-3--3-3--|
 
 
[VERSE 2]
 Bb-A-G-F                A                 Bb   G
         I've kissed mermaids, rode the el nino
 Bb-A-G-F            A                Bb   G
         Walked the sand with the crustaceans
 Bb-A-G-F              A         Bb  G
         Could find my way to mariana
 
Now play CHORUS two times
 
_____________________________________________________________________
These are the octaves Joey plays on the last line in the verse:
 
E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--5------------------6---------------7--10--|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--3------------------4---------------5---8--|
E--------------------------------------------|
    You’ll think I’m dead but I sail away
X

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2 comments

I may be guilty of mixing up the original and the UK Surf version but I think the last G in the verse should be a G7. Bb-A-G-F A Bb G7 You'll think I'm dead, but I sail away

dope thx!