Galileo Chords by Indigo Girls
Tempo:
135.7 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
D
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [D]
[F]
[D] [C]
[F] [C] Galileo's head [Bb] was on the block, [C] [F] the [D] crime was looking up the truth
[C] [F]
And [D] as the bombshells of my daily fears exploded, [Dm] I tried to trace [C] them to my [G] youth
[C] [F] [C] And then you had to [Bb] bring up [C] reincarnation, over [F] a couple [C] of beers the other night
[F] And now I'm [C] serving time for mistakes made by [Dm] another in [Am] another [C] lifetime
How long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human [F] being [C] ever reach that kind of light?
I call on [Dm] the resting [Am] soul [G] of Galileo
[D] King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of insight
[C] [G] [C]
[F] And then I [C] think about my [Bb] fear of motion, [C] [F] [C] which I never could [Bb] explain
[C] [F]
[C] Some other fool across [Bb] the ocean [C] years ago [Dm] must have crashed his [Am] little airplane
[C] [F] How long [C] till my soul [G] gets it [C] right?
Can any [F] human being ever [C] reach that [F] kind of light?
[C] I call [Dm] on the [E] resting [A] soul [G]
of Galileo
[F] King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of insight
[D]
I'm not making [Bb] a joke, you know me, I [D] take everything so [Bb] seriously
[D] If we wait for the time till [Bb] our souls get it right
[C]
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation [F] in my [C] lifetime
I'm still not right
I
[F] [Bb] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [F]
[D]
[Bb] [C] [F] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[C] [F] offer thanks to those before me, [C] that's all I've got to say
[F]
Maybe you [D] squandered big bucks in your [Dm] lifetime, now [Am] I have to [C] pay
[F] But then again it [C] feels like some sort of [Bb] inspiration [C] to let the next life off the hook
But you'll [F] see, look what [G] I had to [Bb] overcome from my [C] last [Dm] life
I think I'll [Am] write a [Bb] book
[C] How [F]
long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human being [C] ever reach that [F] highest light?
I [C] call [Dm] on the resting [Am] soul of [G] Galileo
King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of [C] insight
[F]
[C] [G] When my soul gets it right
[C] When my soul gets it right
When my soul gets it right
[Bb]
[C] When my soul [F]
gets it right
[F]
[D] [C]
[F] [C] Galileo's head [Bb] was on the block, [C] [F] the [D] crime was looking up the truth
[C] [F]
And [D] as the bombshells of my daily fears exploded, [Dm] I tried to trace [C] them to my [G] youth
[C] [F] [C] And then you had to [Bb] bring up [C] reincarnation, over [F] a couple [C] of beers the other night
[F] And now I'm [C] serving time for mistakes made by [Dm] another in [Am] another [C] lifetime
How long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human [F] being [C] ever reach that kind of light?
I call on [Dm] the resting [Am] soul [G] of Galileo
[D] King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of insight
[C] [G] [C]
[F] And then I [C] think about my [Bb] fear of motion, [C] [F] [C] which I never could [Bb] explain
[C] [F]
[C] Some other fool across [Bb] the ocean [C] years ago [Dm] must have crashed his [Am] little airplane
[C] [F] How long [C] till my soul [G] gets it [C] right?
Can any [F] human being ever [C] reach that [F] kind of light?
[C] I call [Dm] on the [E] resting [A] soul [G]
of Galileo
[F] King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of insight
[D]
I'm not making [Bb] a joke, you know me, I [D] take everything so [Bb] seriously
[D] If we wait for the time till [Bb] our souls get it right
[C]
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation [F] in my [C] lifetime
I'm still not right
I
[F] [Bb] [C]
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [F]
[D]
[Bb] [C] [F] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[C] [F] offer thanks to those before me, [C] that's all I've got to say
[F]
Maybe you [D] squandered big bucks in your [Dm] lifetime, now [Am] I have to [C] pay
[F] But then again it [C] feels like some sort of [Bb] inspiration [C] to let the next life off the hook
But you'll [F] see, look what [G] I had to [Bb] overcome from my [C] last [Dm] life
I think I'll [Am] write a [Bb] book
[C] How [F]
long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human being [C] ever reach that [F] highest light?
I [C] call [Dm] on the resting [Am] soul of [G] Galileo
King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of [C] insight
[F]
[C] [G] When my soul gets it right
[C] When my soul gets it right
When my soul gets it right
[Bb]
[C] When my soul [F]
gets it right
Key:
C
F
Bb
D
Dm
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_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ Galileo's head [Bb] was on the block, [C] _ _ _ [F] the [D] crime was looking up the truth
[C] _ _ _ [F] _
And [D] as the bombshells of my daily fears exploded, [Dm] I tried to trace [C] them to my [G] youth
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] And then you had to [Bb] bring up _ _ [C] reincarnation, over [F] a couple [C] of beers the other night
_ _ [F] And now I'm [C] serving time for mistakes made by [Dm] another in [Am] another [C] lifetime _ _ _
How long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human [F] being [C] ever reach that kind of light?
I call on [Dm] the resting [Am] _ soul [G] of _ Galileo
[D] King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of insight
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] And then I [C] think about my [Bb] fear of motion, [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] which I never could [Bb] _ explain
[C] _ _ [F] _
[C] Some other fool across [Bb] the ocean [C] years ago [Dm] must have crashed his [Am] little airplane
[C] _ _ _ [F] How long [C] till my soul [G] gets it [C] right?
Can any [F] human being ever [C] reach that [F] kind of light?
[C] I call [Dm] on the [E] resting [A] soul [G]
of Galileo
[F] King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of insight
[D] _ _ _
_ I'm not making [Bb] a joke, you know me, I [D] take _ everything so [Bb] _ _ seriously
[D] If we wait for the time till [Bb] our souls get it right
[C]
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear _ _ annihilation [F] in my [C] lifetime
I'm still not right
I _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ offer thanks to those before me, _ _ _ [C] that's all I've got to _ say
_ _ [F] _
Maybe you [D] squandered big bucks in your _ [Dm] lifetime, now [Am] I have to [C] pay
_ _ [F] But then again it [C] feels like some sort of [Bb] inspiration _ [C] to let the next life off the hook
But you'll [F] see, look what [G] I had to [Bb] overcome from my [C] last [Dm] life
I think I'll [Am] write a [Bb] book
[C] _ How [F]
long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human being [C] ever reach that [F] highest light?
I [C] call [Dm] on the resting [Am] soul of _ [G] Galileo
_ King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of _ [C] insight
[F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] When my soul gets it right
[C] When my _ _ _ _ soul gets it right
When my soul gets it _ _ right
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ When my soul [F] _ _ _
gets it right _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ Galileo's head [Bb] was on the block, [C] _ _ _ [F] the [D] crime was looking up the truth
[C] _ _ _ [F] _
And [D] as the bombshells of my daily fears exploded, [Dm] I tried to trace [C] them to my [G] youth
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] And then you had to [Bb] bring up _ _ [C] reincarnation, over [F] a couple [C] of beers the other night
_ _ [F] And now I'm [C] serving time for mistakes made by [Dm] another in [Am] another [C] lifetime _ _ _
How long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human [F] being [C] ever reach that kind of light?
I call on [Dm] the resting [Am] _ soul [G] of _ Galileo
[D] King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of insight
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] And then I [C] think about my [Bb] fear of motion, [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] which I never could [Bb] _ explain
[C] _ _ [F] _
[C] Some other fool across [Bb] the ocean [C] years ago [Dm] must have crashed his [Am] little airplane
[C] _ _ _ [F] How long [C] till my soul [G] gets it [C] right?
Can any [F] human being ever [C] reach that [F] kind of light?
[C] I call [Dm] on the [E] resting [A] soul [G]
of Galileo
[F] King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of insight
[D] _ _ _
_ I'm not making [Bb] a joke, you know me, I [D] take _ everything so [Bb] _ _ seriously
[D] If we wait for the time till [Bb] our souls get it right
[C]
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear _ _ annihilation [F] in my [C] lifetime
I'm still not right
I _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ offer thanks to those before me, _ _ _ [C] that's all I've got to _ say
_ _ [F] _
Maybe you [D] squandered big bucks in your _ [Dm] lifetime, now [Am] I have to [C] pay
_ _ [F] But then again it [C] feels like some sort of [Bb] inspiration _ [C] to let the next life off the hook
But you'll [F] see, look what [G] I had to [Bb] overcome from my [C] last [Dm] life
I think I'll [Am] write a [Bb] book
[C] _ How [F]
long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human being [C] ever reach that [F] highest light?
I [C] call [Dm] on the resting [Am] soul of _ [G] Galileo
_ King of [Bb] night [C] vision, king [F] of _ [C] insight
[F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] When my soul gets it right
[C] When my _ _ _ _ soul gets it right
When my soul gets it _ _ right
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ When my soul [F] _ _ _
gets it right _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _