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Galileo

Indigo Girls
ChordsKeyCCapoFret 5beginner
4.9(751)

Chords in this song7

capo 5 — sounds 5 semitones higher

Intro

    
    

Verse 1

Galileo's head was on the block, 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 
Now I'm serving time for mistakes made by another in another lifetime 

Chorus

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
  

Verse 2

Then I think about my fear of motion of which I never could explain 
Some other fool across the ocean years ago must have crashed his little
airplane 

Chorus

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

Bridge

I'm not making a joke, you know me
I take everything 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 

Solo

       
    

Verse 3

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" 

Chorus

How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human
being ever reach the highest light? Except for the
Resting soul - Galileo, king of night vision, king of insight   
How long till my soul gets it right 
How long till I meet that highest light...
How lo-o-ong?   

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