GALILEO (Emily Saliers)
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[Amy plays this in E, capoed up 1 to F. Emily plays it in C with a
capo on the fifth fret and her guitar tuned to DADGBC. I'm going to
write down Emily's chords, because they're easier and more interesting.
If you want to play Amy's chords, you can figure them out; since it's
in E, there are a lot of barre chords.]
[Actually, when I play this, I usually just play Emily's chords, but
in standard tuning so I don't put my high E in danger of breaking when
I tune back up. If you play in standard tuning, play the verse as
C G F G7-G6; it's pretty easy to play the G7 - G6 part, as long as
you play G as 320003 with your pinky on the high E string. Just play
Em(C)/B as Em, and play D13 as D or D11 (554030).]
[Each chord is half a measure, except "G7 - G6" is half a measure _total_.]
(9) - (9) -
[intro]
(9) -
Galileo's head was on the block
(9) -
The crime was looking up the truth
(9) -
And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode
Em(C)/B (9)
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
(9)
How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human
(9)
being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the
Em(C)/B
resting soul of Galileo
(9) (9)
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
(9)
King of night vision, king of insight
I'm not making a joke, you know me
/ /
I take every - thing so seriously
If we wait for the time till all souls get it right
(9) (9)
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation
(9)
in my lifetime; I'm still not right
(9) - (9) -
[guitar solo]
(9) - Em(C)/B
[guitar solo]
(9) (9) (9)
[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)
(9) (9)
King of night vision, king of insight
(9)
How long till my soul gets it right...
(9)
How long till I meet that highest light...
(9) .
How long?
CHORDS (tuning is DADGBC):
: x32010 : 5x0030 (9): 3x0010 : 5x0035 : 5x0034
: x02210 Em(C)/B: x22000* : 009900 : x03210 /: 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)."