Wave Of Mutilation Tab by The Pixies

Wave Of Mutilation tab by The Pixies

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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            F5
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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  A5           Bb5      G5     F5     A5
E|----------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------------------|
B|----------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7----5-3-----|-----------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|----------------------|------------7-|-5~--------|-------------------------|
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-5----3-1-----|-----------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
E|----------------------|------------5-|-3~--------|-------------------------|

  Bb5   F5      A5   Bb5      F5      A5
E|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
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|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
A|-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|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

  Bb5
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10~------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--8--8--8--8~------------|
E|-------------------------|

VERSE 1:

  F5~                            Bb5 A5 G5
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------—-------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
D|-3~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------8---7--5-|
A|-3~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------8---7--5-|
E|-1~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------6---5--3-|
    Cease to resist, giving my goodbye

  F5~                            Bb5 A5 G5
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------—-------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
D|-3~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------8---7--5-|
A|-3~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------8---7--5-|
E|-1~------------|---------------|---------------|-----------6---5--3-|
    Drive my  car into the  ocean

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

CHORUS 1:

  F    A     Bb   F     A    Bb    F    A
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-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|-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|-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
E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|-8-8-8-8-|(half measure)
A|-8-8-8-8-|
E|-6-6-6-6-|
  ation

  F5~     Bb5~    F5~     Bb5~    (rest)  (rest)     Bb5 A5 G5
E|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|---------|---------|----------------|
B|-----------|--—-------|-----------|--—-------|---------|---------|----------------|
G|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|---------|---------|----------------|
D|-3~--------|-8~-------|-3~--------|-8~-------|---------|---------|-------8---7--5-|
A|-3~--------|-8~-------|-3~--------|-8~-------|---------|---------|-------8---7--5-|
E|-1~--------|-6~-------|-1~--------|-6~-------|---------|---------|-------6---5--3-|
 A wave          wave

VERSE 2:

  F5        A5        Bb5        G5  Bb5 A5 G5
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-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|-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|-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

  F5        A5        Bb5        G5  Bb5 A5 G5
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-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|-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|-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

  F5         A5       Bb5      G5
E|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
B|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
G|-5~----------------|-6~------------|-7~-----------|-10~------------|
D|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
A|-3~----------------|-4~------------|-5~-----------|-8~-------------|
E|-------------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
     Could find my way  to  mariana            on a

Chorus 2:

  F5   A5    Bb5   F5    A5   Bb5    F5   A5
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-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|-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|-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-

  Bb5
E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|-8-8-8-8-|(half measure)
A|-8-8-8-8-|
E|-6-6-6-6-|
  -ation

  F5~      Bb5~       F5~           Bb5~
E|-12b----------|-12b-12b---------|-12b-12b---12b-12b-12b-|-12b-12b-12b-12b-12b-|
B|--------------|-—---------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
G|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
 A wave               wave

Outro:

  F5      A5    Bb5     F5      A5   Bb5
E|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
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|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
A|--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|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
  Wave  of  Mutilation       Wave  of  Mutilation

  F5      A5    Bb5
E|----------------------|-------------|
B|----------------------|-------------|
G|-10-10-10-10--9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-|
D|----------------------|-------------|(half measure)
A|--8--8--8--8--7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8-|
E|----------------------|-------------|
  Wave  of  Mutilation

  F5~     Bb5~    F5~     Bb5~
E|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|
B|-----------|--—-------|-----------|----------|
G|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|
D|-3~--------|-8~-------|-3~--------|-8~-------|
A|-3~--------|-8~-------|-3~--------|-8~-------|
E|-1~--------|-6~-------|-1~--------|-6~-------|
 A wave          wave


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KEY:
~ = let ring
b = bend
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