I found I could play the second bar much easier, smoother, with more legato and ringing notes by changing the location for playing the 3rd through 6th notes (2nd and 3rd beats). Same notes as Kirk, just moving them up the neck.
Namely, after playing the 2nd note, D, with the little finger, leave it on the second string and
slide the little finger up to the 10th fret A note, then back to the index finger on the 8th fret on 2nd string for the G note. Then catch the bass note, C, at the 8th fret 6th string with your thumb. Then the C note on the 4th string 10th fret with your ring finger. Then you are back to the tab as written by Kirk. When you play the open E 1st string you can smoothly move back to the first position.
The tab for the 2nd bar would look like this:
----------------------------------0-------
---0-----3----10----8----------------3----
---2---------------------------------------
---0-------------------------10-----------
---2--------------------------------------
-------------------------8----------------
Hope this helps some of you.
Ed