Galileo

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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_.]

[intro]

Galileo's head was on the block

The crime was looking up the truth

And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode

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

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

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

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

Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation

in my lifetime; I'm still not right

[guitar solo]

[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)

King of night vision, king of insight

How long till my soul gets it right...

How long till I meet that highest light...

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