XTC – The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Bass Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
Em F# G B
Em F# G B
Em F# G B
Em F# G B
[Verse 1]
Em F# G B The man who sailed around his soul Em F# G B From East to West, from pole to pole Em F# G B With ego as his drunken captain Em F# G B Greed, the mutineer, had trapped Em F# G B all reason in the hold
Em F# G B
Em F# G B
[Verse 2]
Em F# G B The man who walked across his heart Em F# G B Who took no compass, guide or chart Em F# G B To rope and tar his blood congealed Em F# G B When he found his self revealed Em F# G B ugly and cold
[Bridge]
C# And the Sirens that sing C# By your nose with its ring C B They'll drag you in B For your sins C# Now he sits all alone C# And it's no place like home C B It's empty skin Em F# G A B B C# D E F# A bag to keep life's souvenirs in
[Chorus 1]
E C Em Am E F The man who sailed around his soul E C Em Am E F The man who sailed around his soul
[Verse 3]
Em C The man who sailed around his soul Em Am Came back again to find a hole Em F Where once he thought compassion and the truth Em A Em C Em Am Had laid to warm his freezing carcass on return
[Verse 4]
Em C The man who walked across his heart Em Am Was doomed to journey to the start Em F Of every love affair he'd broken Em A All the lies he'd ever spoken Em C Tattooed on his arm
[Bridge]
C# And the jellyfish stings, Even angels with wings B Who look too deep, And dare to peep C# Now he sits all alone, Knowing flesh blood and bone B Is everything, Em F# G A B B C# D E F# He found the treasure he'd been seeking
[Outro]
E C Em Am E F The man who sailed around his soul E C Em Am E F The man who sailed around his soul E C Em Am E F The man who sailed around his soul Em F# G A B B C# D E F# [Break it down - bass and finger snaps only] E C Em Am E F The man who sailed around his soul E C Em Am E F The man who sailed around his soul E C Em Am E F The man who sailed around his soul