Galileo — Indigo Girls
Chords and lyrics for Galileo by Indigo Girls (key of C).
Intro
[F]
[C] [F] [C] [Gm] [C] [F]
Verse 1
[C]Galileo said was on the block the [Gm]crime was looking up the truth
And [F/C]as the [C]bombshells of my daily [Gm]fears explode, [C]I try [Dm]to trace them to [C]my youth.
Verse 2
[A#][C]And then you had to bring up [Gm7]reincarnation over [C7]a couple [F]of beers [C]the other night.
And now [F]I'm serving [C]time for mistakes made by another [D]in another [C]lifetime.
Chorus
How long till my soul gets it right?
In any human being ever reached that kind of light
I call on the resting [Dm]soul [Am]of [Em7/G]Galileo
[G]King of night [Gm7]vision, [C]King of [Fm]insight.
Verse 3
[C]And [F]then I think about my [C]fear of [A#]emotion, [C]which I never could [Gm/A#]explain.
[C]Some [F]of the [C]fool across the ocean [Gm/A#]years ago [C]was to crash [Dm]to his little [C]airplane.
Chorus
[Fsus4/A#]How [C][F]long till my [C]soul gets it right?
[F]In [C]any human being ever reached that kind of light
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
[G]King of night vision, [C]King of insight.
Verse 4
[F][D]I'm not making a joke, you know me, I take everything [Bm/D]so seriously.
[Dm]If we wait for the time till our souls [A#/D]get it right
Then at [C]least then there will be no nuclear annihilation.
In my lifetime [Csus4]I'm still alive.
Interlude
[Gm7] [F/A] [A#] [F/C] [A#] [C] [F] [Csus4] [Dm] [Fmaj7/A] [G7] [Gsus2] [Fmaj7] [C] [F] [C] [Fsus4/A#] [Am7/C] [Gm7/D] [F] [G5] [C] [F] [Gm/A#] [C]
Verse 5
I [F]offer thanks to those before me.
That's all I've [C]got to say.
[Gm][C]Cause maybe [Fm]you squandered big bucks in [Fsus2]your lifetime.
Now [D]I have [C]to pay.
Verse 6
But [F]then again it feels like some [C]sort of inspiration
To let the next life off the hook.
Or she'll say look what I had to open.
Come from my last life.
[Dm]I think I'll [C]ride a boat.
Chorus
[A#m][C]How long [F]till my soul gets it right?
In any human being ever reached [Fsus2]the highest light
[F]Except [C]for the resting [Dm]soul of [Am7]Galileo
[G]King of night [Gm/A#]vision, [C]King of insight.
Outro
[F][C]How long [F]till my soul [C]gets it right?
How long [F]till my soul gets it right?
How long [C][F][Gm7]till [F]my soul gets it right?