Wave Of Mutilation tab by The Pixies

Tabs

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Note: This is Wave of Mutilation ORIGINAL version. NOT The "UK SURF" version.

4/4 time, with 1 bar of 2/4 at the end of each chorus, noted as a half measure.

Lead guitar in tabs, rhythm guitar plays the power chords above each measure.

INTRO: 1 measure of drums then:

           bass comes in            F5F5
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G+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 MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-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 MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  A5A5           Bb5Bb5      G5G5     F5F5     A5A5
E MajorE|----------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------------------|
BB|----------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------------------|
G+G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7----5-3-----|-----------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D MajorD|----------------------|------------7-|-5~--------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-5----3-1-----|-----------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
E MajorE|----------------------|------------5-|-3~--------|-------------------------|

  Bb5Bb5   F5F5      A5A5   Bb5Bb5      F5F5      A5A5
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
G+G|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10--9-9-9-9-|
D MajorD|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
A augmentedA|-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8-|-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--7-7-7-7-|
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

  Bb5Bb5
E MajorE|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|-10-10-10-10~------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|--8--8--8--8~------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|

VERSE 1:

  F5~                            Bb5Bb5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
BB|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------—-------|
G+G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|-3~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------8---7--5-|
A augmentedA|-3~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------8---7--5-|
E MajorE|-1~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------6---5--3-|
    Cease to resist, giving my goodbye

  F5~                            Bb5Bb5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
BB|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------—-------|
G+G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|-3~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------8---7--5-|
A augmentedA|-3~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------8---7--5-|
E MajorE|-1~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------6---5--3-|
    Drive my  car into the  ocean

  F5~         A5~       Bb5~      G5~
E MajorE|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
BB|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
G+G|-5~----------------|-6~------------|-7~-----------|-10~------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|-3~----------------|-4~------------|-5~-----------|-8~-------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
   You’ll think I’m dead but I sail away             On a

CHORUS 1:

  FF    A augmentedA     Bb majorBb   FF     A augmentedA    Bb majorBb    FF    A augmentedA
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|
E MajorE|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|
  Wave of mutilation    Wave of mutilation    Wave of mutil-

 Bb majorBb
E MajorE|---------|
BB|---------|
G+G|---------|
D MajorD|-8-8-8-8-|(half measure)
A augmentedA|-8-8-8-8-|
E MajorE|-6-6-6-6-|
  ation

  F5~     Bb5~    F5~     Bb5~    (rest)  (rest)     Bb5Bb5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|---------|---------|----------------|
BB|-----------|--—-------|-----------|--—-------|---------|---------|----------------|
G+G|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|---------|---------|----------------|
D MajorD|-3~--------|-8~-------|-3~--------|-8~-------|---------|---------|-------8---7--5-|
A augmentedA|-3~--------|-8~-------|-3~--------|-8~-------|---------|---------|-------8---7--5-|
E MajorE|-1~--------|-6~-------|-1~--------|-6~-------|---------|---------|-------6---5--3-|
 A augmentedA wave          wave

VERSE 2:

  F5F5        A5A5        Bb5Bb5        G5G5  Bb5Bb5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-8---7--5-|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-8---7--5-|
E MajorE|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-6---5--3-|
   I've kissed mermaids, rode the el nino

  F5F5        A5A5        Bb5Bb5        G5G5  Bb5Bb5 A5A5 G5G5
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-8---7--5-|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-8---7--5-|
E MajorE|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3-3-3-6---5--3-|
    Walked the sand with the crustaceans

  F5F5         A5A5       Bb5Bb5      G5G5
E MajorE|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
BB|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
G+G|-5~----------------|-6~------------|-7~-----------|-10~------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|-3~----------------|-4~------------|-5~-----------|-8~-------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
     Could find my way  to  mariana            on a

Chorus 2:

  F5F5   A5A5    Bb5Bb5   F5F5    A5A5   Bb5Bb5    F5F5   A5A5
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|
E MajorE|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|
  Wave of mutilation    Wave of mutilation    Wave of mutil-

  Bb5Bb5
E MajorE|---------|
BB|---------|
G+G|---------|
D MajorD|-8-8-8-8-|(half measure)
A augmentedA|-8-8-8-8-|
E MajorE|-6-6-6-6-|
  -ation

  F5~      Bb5~       F5~           Bb5~
E MajorE|-12b----------|-12b-12b---------|-12b-12b---12b-12b-12b-|-12b-12b-12b-12b-12b-|
BB|--------------|-—---------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
G+G|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
 A augmentedA wave               wave

Outro:

  F5F5      A5A5    Bb5Bb5     F5F5      A5A5   Bb5Bb5
E MajorE|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
BB|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
G+G|-10-10-10-10--9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-|
D MajorD|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
A augmentedA|--8--8--8--8--7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8-|
E MajorE|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
  Wave  of  Mutilation       Wave  of  Mutilation

  F5F5      A5A5    Bb5Bb5
E MajorE|----------------------|-------------|
BB|----------------------|-------------|
G+G|-10-10-10-10--9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-|
D MajorD|----------------------|-------------|(half measure)
A augmentedA|--8--8--8--8--7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8-|
E MajorE|----------------------|-------------|
  Wave  of  Mutilation

  F5~     Bb5~    F5~     Bb5~
E MajorE|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|
BB|-----------|--—-------|-----------|----------|
G+G|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|
D MajorD|-3~--------|-8~-------|-3~--------|-8~-------|
A augmentedA|-3~--------|-8~-------|-3~--------|-8~-------|
E MajorE|-1~--------|-6~-------|-1~--------|-6~-------|
 A augmentedA wave          wave


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KEY:
~ = let ring
b = bend
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