The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul - XTC Bass Tab

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The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul Bass Tab by XTC

The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul bass tab by XTC

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Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

[Intro / Verse 1]

G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|------------2--| x15
E|-0-m-2-m-3-m---|

Chorus:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---6-----3-------|---6-----3-------|---4-----1-------|---4-----1-------|
A|-4----4-m---4--6-|-4----4-m---4--.-|-2----2-m---2--4-|-2----2-m---2--3-|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-.--.-.----------|
D|---6-----3-------|---6-----3-------|---4-----1-------|-2---4---5---7-m-|-8-75-7----------|
A|-4----4-m---4--6-|-4----4-m---4--.-|-2----2-m---2--4-|-----------------|--------6------\-|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|     G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|     D|-2---4---5---7-\-|
A|-7-\-2--3--------|---02---0------m-|-7-\-------------| x2  A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-03--3-m---------|-----0--1------/-|     E|-----------------|

Verse 2:

G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-7-----\-3-----|---02---0------|-7-----\-------|-20-----0------|-7-----\-3-----|---02---0------|
E|---------------|-03--3-m-------|---------1-----|---320-m-------|---------------|-03--3-m-------|

G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-7-----\-3-----|---02---0------|-7-----\-------|-20-----0------|-7-----\-3-----|
E|---------------|-03--3-m-------|---------1-----|---320-m-------|---------------|

Chorus:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---6-----3-------|---6-----3-------|---4-----1-------|---4-----1-------|
A|-4----4-m---4--6-|-4----4-m---4--.-|-2----2-m---2--4-|-2----2-m---2--3-|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-.--.-.----------|
D|---6-----3-------|---6-----3-------|---4-----1-------|-2---4---5---7-m-|-8-75-7----------|
A|-4----4-m---4--6-|-4----4-m---4--.-|-2----2-m---2--4-|-----------------|--------6------\-|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|     G|-----------------|-.--.-.----------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|     D|-2---4---5---7-m-|-8-75-7----------|
A|-7-\-2--3--------|---02---0------m-|-7-\-------------| x3  A|-----------------|--------6--\-----|
E|-----------------|-03--3-m---------|-----0--1------/-|     E|-----------------|-----------------|

Outro:

G|---------------|     G|------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|     D|------------|---------------|---------------|
A|------------2--| x11 A|------------|-77777777777777|-7\------------|
E|-0-m-2-m-3-m---|     E|-0-m--------|---------------|---------------|



/ = slide up
\ = slide down
 = staccato
m = mute string (i.e. stop previous note from ringing)

Published: February 3, 2026

Last updated: February 3, 2026

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XTC bass tabs for The man who sailed around his soul

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