#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# GALILEO (Emily Saliers) ----------------------- [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 Gsus4 F6(9) G7 - G6 C Gsus4 F6(9) G7 - G6 [intro] C Gsus4 F6(9) G7 - G6 Galileo's head was on the block C Gsus4 F6(9) G7 - G6 The crime was looking up the truth C Gsus4 F6(9) G7 - G6 And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode Am Em(C)/B F6(9) Gsus4 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 C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the Am Em(C)/B D13 D13 resting soul of Galileo F6(9) Gsus4 C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 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 F6(9) Gsus4 C C King of night vision, king of insight Am Am F/A F/A I'm not making a joke, you know me F#dim/A F#dim/A F/A F/A I take every - thing so seriously Am Am F/A F/A If we wait for the time till all souls get it right Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 F6(9) Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 in my lifetime; I'm still not right C Gsus4 F6(9) G7 - G6 C Gsus4 F6(9) G7 - G6 [guitar solo] C Gsus4 F6(9) G7 - G6 Am Em(C)/B D13 D13 [guitar solo] F6(9) Gsus4 C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 [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) F6(9) Gsus4 C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 King of night vision, king of insight C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 How long till my soul gets it right... C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 How long till I meet that highest light... C Gsus4 F6(9) Gsus4 C. How long? CHORDS (tuning is DADGBC): C: x32010 Gsus4: 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
