Galileo chords by Indigo Girls
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Intro 1
[Percussion]
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
Verse 1
(F major) Galile (C major) o's head was on (B flat major) the block (C major)
(F major) The crime was (C major) lookin' up the truth
(B flat major) (C major)
(F major) And as the bomb (C major) shells
of my dai (B flat major) ly fears explode (C major)
I try to (D minor) trace them (A minor) to my youth (B flat major) (C major)
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Verse 2
(F major) And then you had (C major) to bring up
re (B flat major) incarnation (C major)
Over a cou (F major) ple of beers (C major)
the other night (B flat major) (C major)
And (F major) now I'm serving (C major) time for mis (B flat major) takes
Made (C major) by ano (D minor) ther in an (A minor) other life (B flat major) time (C major)
Chorus 1
How (F major) long 'til my (C major) soul gets it right (B flat major)
Can (C major) any human being (F major)
ever reach (C major) that kind of light (B flat major)
I (C major) call on the (D minor) resting (A minor) soul of (G major) Galileo
king of night (B flat major) vision
(C major) King of in (F major) sight (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
Verse 3
(F major) And then I think about (C major)
my fear of on (B flat major) motion (C major)
(F major) Which I nev (C major) er could explain (B flat major) (C major)
(F major) Some other fool (C major) across the o (B flat major) cean
years ago (C major)
Must have (D minor) crashed his (A minor) little air (B flat major) plane (C major)
Chorus 2
How (F major) long 'til my (C major) soul gets it right (B flat major)
Can (C major) any human being (F major)
ever reach (C major) that kind of light (B flat major)
I (C major) call on the (D minor) resting (A minor) soul of (G major) Galileo
king of night (B flat major) vision
(C major) King of in (F major) sight
Bridge 1
(D minor) I'm not making a joke (B flat major)
You know me I take eve- (D minor) rything
so se (B flat major) riously
If we (D minor) wait for the time
time 'til all souls (B flat major) get it right
Then at (C major) least I know
there'll (B flat major) be no nucle (C major) ar annihilation
in my (F major) life time
(C major) I'm still not right (B flat major) (C major)
Interlude 1
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
(D minor) (A minor) (G major)
(B flat major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
Verse 4
(F major) I offer thanks (C major) to those be (B flat major) fore me (C major)
(F major) That's all I've (C major) got to say (B flat major) (C major)
'Cause (F major) maybe you squan (C major) dered
big bucks (B flat major) in your life- (C major) time
(D minor) Now I (A minor) have to pay (B flat major) (C major)
Verse 5
But then a (F major) gain it feels
like some (C major) sort of inspi (B flat major) ration (C major)
To let the (F major) next life (C major) off the hook (B flat major) (C major)
Or she'll say (F major) look what I had (C major) to overcome
(B flat major) from my last (C major) life
(D minor) I think I'll (A minor) write a book (B flat major) (C major)
Chorus 3
How (F major) long 'til my (C major) soul gets it right (B flat major)
Can (C major) any human being (F major)
ever reach (C major) the highest light (B flat major)
Ex (C major) cept for (D minor) Galileo,
(A minor) God rest (G major) his soul
King of night (B flat major) vision
(C major) King of in (F major) sight (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
Outro 1
How (F major) long (until my (C major) soul gets it (B flat major) right) (C major)
How (F major) long (until my (C major) soul gets it (B flat major) right) (C major)
How (F major) long (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
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