GALILEO (Emily Saliers)
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[Each chord is half a measure, except "G7 - G6" is half a measure _total_.]
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bb7- Bb6 Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bb7- Bb6
[intro]
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bb7- Bb6
Galileo's head was on the block
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bb7- Bb6
The crime was looking up the truth
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bb7- Bb6
And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode
Cm Gm(Eb)/D G#6(9) Bbsus
I try to trace them to my youth
And then you had to bring up reincarnation
Over a couple of beers the other night
And now I'm serving time for mistakes
Made by another in another lifetime
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus
How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus
being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the
Cm Gm(Eb)/D F13 F13
resting soul of Galileo
G#6(9) Bbsus Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus
King of night vision, king of insight
Then I think about my fear of motion
Which I never could explain
Some other fool across the ocean years ago
Must have crashed his little airplane
How long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
G#6(9) Bbsus Eb Eb
King of night vision, king of insight
Cm Cm G#/C G#/C
I'm not making a joke, you know me
Adim/C Adim/C G#/C G#/C
I take every - thing so seriously
Cm Cm G#/C G#/C
If we wait for the time till all souls get it right
Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus G#6(9)
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus
in my lifetime; I'm still not right
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bb7- Bb6 Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bb7- Bb6
[guitar solo]
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bb7- Bb6 Cm Gm(Eb)/D F13 F13
[guitar solo]
G#6(9) Bbsus Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus
[guitar solo]
I offer thanks to those before me
That's all I've got to say
'Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime
Now I have to pay
But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration
To let the next life off the hook
She'll say, "look what I had to overcome from my last life
I think I'll write a book"
How long till my soul gets it right?
Can any human being ever reach the highest light?
Except for the resting soul... (God rest his soul)
G#6(9) Bbsus Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus
King of night vision, king of insight
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus
How long till my soul gets it right...
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus
How long till I meet that highest light...
Eb Bbsus G#6(9) Bbsus Eb.
How long?
CHORDS (tuning is DADGBC):
C: x32010 Gsus: 5x0030 F6(9): 3x0010 G7: 5x0035 G6: 5x0034
Am: x02210 Em(C)/B: x22000* D13: 009900 F/A: x03210 F#dim/A: x04210
*this should probably be called Cmaj7/B, but in the context, it sounds more
like E minor, so I'm calling it "E minor with an added C (and B bass)."
- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/
