• Song:

    Galileo

  • Artist:

    Indigo Girls

  • Album:

    Starter Kit

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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_.]

C (x32010@1)  Gsus (3x0013@1)  F6(9)    G7- (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)    C (x32010@1)  Gsus (3x0013@1)  F6(9)    G7- (320001@1)G6[intro] (320000@1)
C (x32010@1)    Gsus (3x0013@1)         F6(9)        G7- (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)  Galileo's head was on the block
C (x32010@1)              Gsus (3x0013@1)           F6(9)  G7- (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)  The crime was looking up the truth
C (x32010@1)            Gsus (3x0013@1)            F6(9)         G7- (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)  And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode
         Am (x02210@1)       Em(C)/B   F6(9)   GsusI (3x0013@1)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

    C (x32010@1)          Gsus (3x0013@1)        F6(9)       GsusHow (3x0013@1)long till my soul gets it right?   Can any human
 C (x32010@1)        Gsus (3x0013@1)             F6(9)     Gsusbeing (3x0013@1)ever reach that kind of light?  I call on the
Am (x02210@1)     Em(C)/B   D13 (x21224@4)  D13resting (x21224@4)soul  of  Galileo
         F6(9)       Gsus (3x0013@1)    C (x32010@1)    Gsus (3x0013@1) F6(9)   GsusKing (3x0013@1)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
         F6(9)       Gsus (3x0013@1)    C (x32010@1)    CKing (x32010@1)of night vision, king of insight

Am (x02210@1)        Am (x02210@1)     F/A (x03211@1)          F/A (x03211@1)  I'm not making a joke, you know me
        F#dim/A  F#dim/A   F/A (x03211@1)    F/AI (x03211@1)take every - thing  so  seriously
      Am (x02210@1)          Am (x02210@1)          F/A (x03211@1)        F/AIf (x03211@1)we wait for the time till all souls get it right
        Gsus (3x0013@1)                F6(9)      Gsus (3x0013@1)    F6(9)
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation
      C (x32010@1)      Gsus (3x0013@1)          F6(9)   Gsusin (3x0013@1)my lifetime; I'm still not right

C (x32010@1)  Gsus (3x0013@1)  F6(9)    G7- (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)    C (x32010@1)  Gsus (3x0013@1)  F6(9)    G7- (320001@1)G6[guitar (320000@1)solo]
C (x32010@1)  Gsus (3x0013@1)  F6(9)    G7- (320001@1)G6 (320000@1)    Am (x02210@1)  Em(C)/B    D13 (x21224@4)  D13[guitar (x21224@4)solo]
F6(9)   Gsus (3x0013@1)    C (x32010@1) Gsus (3x0013@1) F6(9)   Gsus (3x0013@1)    C (x32010@1) Gsus (3x0013@1) F6(9)   Gsus[guitar (3x0013@1)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)
         F6(9)       Gsus (3x0013@1)    C (x32010@1)    Gsus (3x0013@1) F6(9)   GsusKing (3x0013@1)of night vision, king of insight

     C (x32010@1)          Gsus (3x0013@1)       F6(9)   GsusHow (3x0013@1)long till my soul gets it right...
     C (x32010@1)        Gsus (3x0013@1)             F6(9)   GsusHow (3x0013@1)long till I meet that highest light...
     C (x32010@1) Gsus (3x0013@1) F6(9)   Gsus (3x0013@1) C.
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)."



- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com



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