When Mama Was Moth

Cocteau Twins

Tom: F#

Transliterated by Jason Baxter Jan 2001.


Intro  - F#m   G#m   F#sus4        F#m   G#m   F#sus4         
         |-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|
         |-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|
         |-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|
         |-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|
         |---0-|---2-|---2--|-(2)-|---0-|---2-|---2--|
         |-2---|-4---|-2----|-(2)-|-2---|-4---|-2----|


Riff 1 - F#m               G#m               F#sus4               
         |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
         |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
         |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
         |-4-6-7-6-4-0-4-3-|-4-6-7-6-4-0-4-3-|-4-6-7-6-4-0-4-3-|
         |---0-------------|---2-------------|---2-------------|
         |-2---------------|-4---------------|-2---------------|

         F#sus4
         |-------------------|
         |-------------------|
         |-------------------|
         |--4--6-7-6-4-0-4-3-|
         |-(2)---------------|
         |-(2)---------------|

Verse  - (with riff 1)

         F#sus4      |F#m        |G#m                          |F#sus4  
         Sunburst and|snowblind a|chill of fear running down my|back

             |F#sus4              |F#m              |
         When|Mama was queen and a|worker bee chills|

         G#m                           |F#sus4    |
         all start screaming ribbed and|veined    |

Bridge - F#sus4 |F#m  |G#m  |F#sus4 (with riff 1)

         The|sunburst and the|snowblind a|chill of fear running down my|back

             |F#sus4              |F#m       |
         When|Mama was moth I took|bulbform a|

         G#m                    |F#sus4  |
         body electric writhe in|vain    |

Bridge - F#sus4 (4 bars)

Outro  - F#sus4                       |
(x6)     Body electric                |
                       (body electric)|

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UNFAMILIAR CHORDS:
Note the use of power chords (only play
top two strings)

         E         e
F#sus4  |2|2|x|x|x|x|
F#m     |2|0|x|x|x|x|
G#m     |4|2|x|x|x|x|