Key: F major
Intro 1
[Percussion]
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
Verse 1
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
Galile o's head was on the block
F
Csus4
The crime was lookin' up the truth
Bbadd9
C7
F
Csus4
And as the bomb shells
Bbadd9
C7
of my dai ly fears explode
Dm7
Am7
Bb
C7
I try to trace them to my youth
Verse 2
F
Csus4
And then you had to bring up
Bbadd9
C7
re incarnation
F
Csus4
Over a couple of beers
Bbadd9
C7
the other night
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
And now I'm serving time for mistakes
C7
Dm7
Am7
Bb
C7
Made by another in another life time
Chorus 1
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
How long 'til my soul gets it right
C7
F
Can any human being
Csus4
Bbadd9
ever reach that kind of light
C7
Dm7
Am7
G13
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
C
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
King of in sight
Verse 3
F
Csus4
And then I think about
Bbadd9
C7
my fear of on motion
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
Which I nev er could explain
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
Some other fool across the o cean
Dm7
Am7
Bb
C7
Must have crashed his little airplane
Chorus 2
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
How long 'til my soul gets it right
C7
F
Can any human being
Csus4
Bbadd9
ever reach that kind of light
C7
Dm7
Am7
G13
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
C
F
King of in sight
Bridge 1
Dm
Bb/D
I'm not making a joke
Bb
Csus4
there'll be no nuclear annihilation
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
I'm still not right
Interlude 1
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
Dm7
Am7
G13
Bb
Csus4
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
Verse 4
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
I offer thanks to those before me
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
That's all I've got to say
F
Csus4
'Cause maybe you squan dered
Bbadd9
C7
big bucks in your life-time
Dm7
Am7
Bb
C7
Now I have to pay
Verse 5
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
like some sort of inspiration
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
To let the next life off the hook
F
Csus4
Or she'll say look what I had to overcome
Bbadd9
C7
from my last life
Dm7
Am7
Bb
C7
I think I'll write a book
Chorus 3
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
How long 'til my soul gets it right
C7
F
Can any human being
Csus4
Bbadd9
ever reach the highest light
C7
Dm7
Except for Galileo,
Am7
G13
God rest his soul
C
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
King of in sight
Outro 1
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
How long (until my soul gets it right)
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
How long (until my soul gets it right)
F
Csus4
Bbadd9
C7
How long
F
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