Living Through Another Cuba
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Andy: “We must have been relaxing a bit tonight as the mischevious melody from ‘Bushman President’ crops up as the intro of ‘Living Through Another Cuba’. By this point the set was in permanent top gear and heading direct for the heart of the known exploding noisy verse.”
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Living through another Cuba
it's 1961 again and we are piggy in the middle
while war is polishing his drum and peace plays second fiddle
Russia and America are at each other's throats
but don't you cry
just on your knees and pray, and while you're
down there, kiss your arse goodbye
We're the bulldog on the fence
while others play their tennis overhead
it's hardly love all and somebody might
wind up red or dead
pour some oil on the water quick
it doesn't really matter where from
he love me, he loves me not
he's pulling fins from an atom bomb
This phenomenon happens every 20 years or so
if they're not careful your watch won't be the
only thing with a radioactive glow
I'll stick my fingers in my ears
and hope they make it up before too late
if we get through this lot alright
they're due for replay, 1998
© 1980 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:30:51 -0500 (EST)
From: "jmcnutt@windstream.net" <jmcnutt (at) windstream dot net>
Subject: XTC - Living Through Another Cuba (Album Version) Bass Tab
Message-ID: <1720789009.16501276.1518582651379.JavaMail.zimbra (at) windstream dot net>
Here's another one. I may submit a tab for this song's live version
from December 22, 1980 too. Thanks for posting the tabs I submitted. -
Austin Emerson Lucas
XTC - Living Through Another Cuba (Album Version) Bass Tab by Austin Emerson Lucas
This is one of the simpler XTC songs on bass but there are a few parts you may
have not noticed (in the album version.)
0:00 - 0:13
Ho ho ho ho ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ha ho ho,
Ho ho ho ho ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ha ho ho,
G|-------------10b11-11b10-*-|
D|---------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-*-------------| (x3)
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-*-------------|
You could leave the E string out if you'd like (especially for the last note,)
I just included it to mimic the album version better.
0:13 - 2:28
G|---------------------------------|
D|-11--11-11-*------9--9-9-*-------|
A|------------9--9-*--------7--7-*-|
E|---------------------------------|
2:29 - 2:39
Ho ho ho ho ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ha ho ho,
G|-------------10b11-11b10-*-|
D|---------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-*-------------| (x3)
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-*-------------|
2:40- 2:43:
G|----------------14141416161612121214\-|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-*------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-*------------------------|
The part with fast playing around the 14th fret on the G string
can be left out, I don't think Colin played it live.
2:42 - 3:00
G|---------------------------------|
D|-11--11-11-*------9--9-9-*-------|
A|------------9--9-*--------7--7-*-|
E|---------------------------------|
3:02 - 3:02:
Nothing's played.
3:03 - 3:06:
G|---------------------------------|
D|-11--11-11-*------9--9-9-*-------|
A|------------9--9-*--------7--7-*-|
E|---------------------------------|
3:06 - 3:13:
Nothing's played.
3:13 - 3:26:
G|---------------------------------|
D|-11--11-11-*------9--9-9-*-------|
A|------------9--9-*--------7--7-*-|
E|---------------------------------|
3:26 - 3:57:
Nothing's played.
3:57 - 4:01:
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------11--11-11-*------9--9-9-*-------|
A|-(7)-*-(7)-*-------------9--9-*--------7--7-*-|
E|----------------------------------------------|
The E notes in brackets ("ghost notes") are either quiet or are on guitar.
My ears tell me they don't sound like they're played with a guitar pick.
4:01 - 4:24:
G|---------------------------------|
D|-11--11-11-*------9--9-9-*-------|
A|------------9--9-*--------7--7-*-|
E|---------------------------------|
4:24 - 4:26:
G|-------------|
D|-11--11-11-*-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
- Austin Emerson LucasDate: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:29:08 +0100 From: Florian Decros <flodecros (at) gmail dot com> Subject: Bass tabs for Black Sea Message-ID: <CAPtZtiMEot5AHL_+cxMcr+04FpjkfeJhrP8+8hK7B15ycOk_KA (at) mail dot gmail dot com>
Hi !
Here's the bass tablatures for the 11 (great) songs from the classic "Black
Sea". A lot of repetitive bass lines, but also some tricky parts.
Sorry if there's any mistakes, and I hope you'll enjoy those basslines as
much as I do.
Cheers,
Florian.
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:09:52 +0100 From: Jordi Ibáñez Llauradó <lohagoporelmessenger (at) hotmail dot com> Subject: xtc songs Message-ID: <BAY113-F11D978375E7EAC7A754B66DA390 (at) phx dot gbl> OK, my first posting. please be gentle. i just want to say that that's been done with no keyboard or organ at hand, so i can't be more precise about the chords. that's why here you'll only find the basic chords: it's up to you, people that can write, read and dissect chords, to finish this work. so here it goes, all the songs in the XTC catalogue that hadn't been tabbed in this great site, from "black sea" to "nonsuch". you won't find anything from "mummer" because the whole album has already been "chorded" in this site. don't expect any riffs or arpeggios, BTW. that's as far as my skills go... maybe i should be ashamed to post something like this (so incomplete, wrong and childish) but it's just for the sake of people who just want to strum XTC songs and sing and don't care much if this is a sus4, added or other bollocks chord (and i must point that i am one of those who really care, so i'm willing to read all kinds of comments and corrections). please, john relph, erase every transcription of mine as soon as a proper tab of each song made by any other XTC fan who's more trained on guitar than me comes to your mail. songs like "the somnambulist" or "seagulls..." were meant to be played on keyboards and sound terrible on guitar. beware! LIVING THROUGH ANOTHER CUBA intro: A rest of the song: C#m-F#-B-E
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