XTC – Love At First Sight (Bass Tab)

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XTC - "Love at First Sight" (Album Version) - Track 4 from "Black Sea," 1980. This is one of the simplest XTC songs on bass. ================== [Intro & Verse 1:] ==================

0:08 - 0:19:
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A|-3-*3-*3-*-5-*5-*-|
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0:19 - 0:21:
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D|-------------------|
A|-3-*3-*-3-*-5--5-*-|
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(This variation's in a few parts [Colin doesn't mute the D note as much here] but otherwise, it's the same thing.)

0:21 - 0:39:
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0:39 - 0:41:
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A|-3-*3-*-3-*-5--5-*-|
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0:41 - 1:05:
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A|-3-*3-*3-*-5-*5-*-|
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=========== [Chorus 1:] ===========

1:05 - 1:13:
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D|-------------------------------|
A|-----3---*---3---*---3---*---5-|
E|-3---*---5---*---3---*---5---*-|

==================== [Verse 2, repeated:] ====================

1:13 - 1:47:
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=========== [Chorus 2:] ===========

1:47 - 1:54:
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D|-------------------------------|
A|-----3---*---3---*---3---*---5-|
E|-3---*---5---*---3---*---5---*-|

========== [Verse 3:] ==========

1:54 - 2:02:
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2:02 - 2:04:
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A|-3-*3-*-3-*-5--5-*-|
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2:02 -  2:53:
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A|-3-*3-*3-*-5-*5-*-|
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======== [Outro:] ======== 2:53 - End (3x:)

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A|-3-*-3-*-3--------|-3-*-3-*-3--------|-3-*-3-*-3--------|
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1x:
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A|-3-*-3-*-3------5-|------------------|
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At the end it sounds as though Colin's playing something else, but I think those are harmonics on the guitar. ========= [Legend:] ========= * = Mute string. ====== [End.] ====== - Gargoyle2500