All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)
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Album version, 5'18.
Released on English
Settlement.
andy - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
colin - fretless bass, backing vocals
dave - electric 12-string guitar
terry - drums and percussion
Promotional video, 5'18?.
First broadcast date unknown.
Released in 1982 on the Look Look
video compilation.
Demo version.
Released on 2 December 2002 on Fuzzy
Warbles Volume Two in the U.K.
Andy: “Found, entombed in fluff, at the bottom of one of Indiana Jones' pockets, but I think a quick suck on it might release a little flavour. One of those ‘capture it now’ moments. Primitive but fascinating, an amoeba of a song.”
[Thanks to R. Stevie Moore]
“All of a Sudden (It's Too Late)” promotional video from Look Look |
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a l l o f a s u d d e n ( i t ' s t o o l a t e ) W W W hat can I say? why do we starve a thing thats near W w W w W extinction? from day to day these weeds of fear W W W are choking our conviction life's like a jig-saw WWW WWW you get the straight bits but there's something missing in the middle. all of a sudden we find the cupboard's bare all of a sudden we find heaven's not there all of a sudden we find the sun's gone cold all of a sudden we find we're more than old all of a sudden we find that we've lost love so please don't push or shove because it's too late it's too late in all your hurry you've accidentally locked the gate what can we do? trying to stem the flow of sand is useless. it's up to you start holding hands and watch the balance redress life's like a firework you're only lit once and you must stand and radiate correctly. all of a sudden we find the- cupboard's bare all of a sudden we find heaven's not there all of a sudden we find the sun's gone cold all of a sudden we find we're more than old all of a sudden we find that we've lost love so please don't push or shove because it's too late it's too late in all your hurry you've accidentally locked the gate. love's not a product you can hoard or pack a suitcase with it's more a way you have to give. all of a sudden we find the cupboard's bare all of a sudden we find heaven's not there all of a sudden we find the sun's gone cold all of a sudden we find we're more than old all of a sudden we find that we've lost love so please don't push or shove because it's too late it's too late in all your hurry you've accidentally locked the gate. andy - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar colin - fretless bass, backing vocals dave - electric 12-string guitar terry - drums and percussion composed by a. partridge |
© 1982 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
[Thanks to Gary Jedlicka]
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 14:12:16 +1100
From: Duncan Kimball <dunks58 (at) hotmail dot com>
Subject: All Of A Sudden
Message-Id: <36DCA88F.A2D6DE98 (at) hotmail dot com>
From: Duncan Kimball <dunks58 (at) hotmail dot com>; original transcription by
Fred Hamilton <fred_m_hamilton (at) cup dot portal dot com>
Here's my take on Fred's transcription of AOAS, for solo guitar. I
think the tabs are relatively accurate, but I can't vouch for the
veracity of the chord names - the online chord dictionary I looked at
didn't have names for half of them (Typical Andy!)
All of a Sudden
Written by Andy Partridge, performed by XTC, originally tabbed/twisted
by Fred Hamilton; fiddled with by Duncan Kimball <dunks58 (at) hotmail dot com>
Intro:
G F#
E|---3-2-0-----------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|---3-----3-2-0-----2-------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-----------2-0-3-------------------------------------------------|
D|---0---------------4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------4-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------X-------------------------------------------------|
(Let G and D strings ring until played again)
D D(b5add9) D D(b5add9)
E|--2------------0--------------2----------------0------------------|
B|--3------------3--------------3----------------3------------------|
G|--2------------1--------------2----------------1------------------|
D|--0------------0--------------0----------------0------------------|
A|----------0------------0--------------0----------------0----------|
E|------2------------2--------------2----------------2--------------|
What can I say? Why do we starve a thing thats near extinction?
D D(b5add9) D D(b5add9) F
E|--2---------0------------2--------0----------------------------1---------|
B|--3---------3------------3--------3----------------------------1---------|
G|--2---------1------------2--------1----------------------------2---------|
D|--0---------0------------0--------0----------------------------3---------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------3---3>5---|
E|--------2-------------------2----------------------------------1---------|
From day to day, these weeds of fear are choking our conviction
Life's like a jigsaw, you get the straight bits,
Em Em Bb
E|-0------------------0-------------------6---------------------------------|
B|-0------------------0-------------------6---------------------------------|
G|-0------------------0-------------------7---------------------------------|
D|-2------------------2-------------------8---------------------------------|
A|-2------------------2-------------------8---------------------------------|
E|-0------------------0-------------------6---------------------------------|
but there's something missing in the middle.
C#/D bass D
E|--------------X---------------------------------5|
B|--------------6---------------------------------7|
G|--------------6---------------------------------7|
D|--------------6---------------------------------7|
A|--------------5---------------------------------5|
E|--------------X---------------------------------X|
All of a sudden we find the cupboard bare
D A D
E|---------------------0----------------2----------|
B|-------------2---3---2----------------3----------|
G|-----0--2-4----------2----------------2----------|
D|-4-------------------2----------------0----------|
A|---------------------0---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
All of a sudden we find heaven's not there
All of a sudden we find the sun's gone cold
All of a sudden we find we find we're more than old
All of a sudden we find that we've lost love
D C Gm7
E|------------------------------------------3------|
B|-------------2---3------------------------3------|
G|-----0--2-4----------5---------5-----5----3------|
D|-4-------------------5---------5-----5----3------|
A|---------------------3---------x-----x----5------|
E|-------------------------------5-----4----3------|
Please don't push or shove, because
C Gm7
E|------------------------3------|
B|------------------------3------|
G|---5------------5----5--3------|
D|---5------------5----5--3------|
A|---3------------x----x--5------|
E|----------------5----4--3------|
It's too late It's too late
Asus4 Amaj7sus4 A7sus4 Amaj7sus4
E|--0---------0--------------0---------0--------------|
B|--3---------3--------------3---------3--------------|
G|--2---------1--------------0---------1--------------|
D|--2---------2--------------2---------2--------------|
A|--0---------0--------------0---------0--------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
In all your hurry, you've accidently locked the gate (intro bit)
Asus4 Amaj7sus4 Asus4 A (D) F#
E|--0-----------0-------------0----------0----------------2-0-----------0--|
B|--3-----------3-------------3----------2-------------------3-2-0------2--|
G|--0-----------1-------------2----------2------------------------2-0---3--|
D|--2-----------2-------------2----------2------------------------------4--|
A|--0-----------0-------------0----------0------------------------------4--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------x--|
What can we do? Trying to stem the flow of sand is useless
D D(b5add9) D D(b5add9) F
E|--2--------0---------------2--------0-------------------------1---------|
B|--3--------3---------------3--------3-------------------------1---------|
G|--2--------1---------------2--------1-------------------------2---------|
D|--0--------0---------------0--------0-------------------------3---------|
A|-----------0------------------------0-------------------------3---3>5---|
E|-------2----------------------2-------------------------------1---------|
It's up to you, start holding hands and watch the balance redress
Life's like a firework, you're only lit once,
And you must stand and radiate correctly
All of a sudden we find the cupboard bare
All of a sudden we find heaven's not there
All of a sudden we find the sun's gone cold
All of a sudden we find we find we're more than old
All of a sudden we find that we've lost love
Please don't push or shove, because
It's too late, It's too late
In all your hurry, you've accidently locked the gate
Love's not a product you can hoard, or pack a suitcase with
B B/A E F# C#m
E|--------------0---------------2----------------4-------------|
B|--------------0---------------2----------------5-------------|
G|-4------4-----1---------------3>4--------------6-------------|
D|-4------4-----2---------------4----------------6-------------|
A|-2------0-----2---------------4----------------4-------------|
E|--------------0---------------2------------------------------|
It's more a way you have to give
G#m A B D
E|-4-----------5---------------7--------2----------------------|
B|-4-----------5---------------7--------3----------------------|
G|-4-----------6---------------8--------2----------------------|
D|-6-----------7---------------9--------0----------------------|
A|-6-----------7---------------9-------------------------------|
E|-4-----------5---------------7-------------------------------|
A A(b5) A A(b5) C Em
E|--0---0-----------0---0----------0---------------|
B|--2---2-----------2---2----------1---------------|
G|--2---2-----------2---2----------0---------------|
D|--2---1-----------2---1----------2---------------|
A|--0---0-----------0---0----------3---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Life's like a jigsaw, you get the straight bits,
But there's plenty missing in the middle
All of a sudden we find the cupboard bare
All of a sudden we find heaven's not there
All of a sudden we find the sun's gone cold
All of a sudden we find we find we're more than old
All of a sudden we find that we've lost love
Please don't push or shove, because...
All of a sudden we find the cupboard bare
All of a sudden we find heaven's not there
All of a sudden we find the sun's gone cold
All of a sudden we find we find we're more than old
All of a sudden we find that we've lost love...
It's.... It's....
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