Galileo Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Galileo chords and guitar lesson by The Indigo Girls. What a great song to work on some new chords and strumming!
Now, Indigo Girls tunes can be notoriously simple, yet tricky. In this version, I am using a Capo on the 1st fret to create the easiest version possible.
I think this version sounds wonderful and you can watch the video lesson for tips on how to eliminate any of the barre chords.
Let's get started!
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Galileo Guitar Chords:
Galileo Strumming Patterns:
Strum Intro/Chorus:
1 + e 2 e +a 3 + e 4 e + a
D U DUDU D UD U DU
Bridge: Palm Muted
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
DD DD D D DD
Galileo Guitar Lesson:
Video lesson coming soon!
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Galileo Chord Chart:
Capo 1st Fret
INTRO:
|E Bsus| |A B7|
|E Bsus| |A B7|
VERSE 1:
|E Bsus| |A B7| |E Bsus| |A B7|
Galileo's head was on the block, crime was looking up the truth
|E Bsus| |A B7|
And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode
|C#m Bsus| |A B7|
I try to trace them to my youth
|E Bsus| |A Bsus| |E Bsus|
And then you had to bring up reincarnation over a couple of beers
|A B7|
the other night
|E Bsus| |A Bsus| |C#m Bsus| |A Bsus|
Now I'm serving time for mistakes made by another in another lifetime
CHORUS:
|E Bsus| |A Bsus|
How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human
|E Bsus| |A Bsus|
being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the
|C#m Bsus| F# |A Bsus| |E Bsus | |A Bsus|
Resting soul of Galileo, king of night vision, king of insight
VERSE 2:
|E Bsus| |A B7 |E Bsus| |A B7|
Then I think about my fear of motion of which I never could explain
|E Bsus| |A Bsus| |C#m Bsus|
Some other fool across the ocean years ago must have crashed his little
|A Bsus|
airplane
CHORUS:
|E Bsus| |A Bsus|
How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human
|E Bsus| |A Bsus|
being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the
|C#m Bsus| F# |A Bsus| E
Resting soul of Galileo, king of night vision, king of insight
BRIDGE: Palm Muted
C#m A
I'm not making a joke, you know me
C#m A
I take everything so seriously
C#m A
If we wait for the time till all souls get it right
|Bsus A| |Bsus A|
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation
Strum |E Bsus| |A Bsus|
in my lifetime I'm still not right
SOLO:
|E Bsus| |A B7| |E Bsus| |A B7|
|E Bsus| |A B7| |C#m Bsus| F#
|A Bsus| |E Bsus| |A Bsus| |E Bsus| |A Bsus|
VERSE 3:
|E Bsus| |A B7| |E Bsus| |A B7|
I offer thanks to those before me. That's all I've got to say
|E Bsus| |A Bsus| |C#m Bsus| |A Bsus|
Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime. Now I have to pay
|E Bsus| |A B7|
But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration
|E Bsus| |A B7|
To let the next life off the hook
|E Bsus| |A Bsus|
She'll say, "Look what I had to overcome from my last life
|C#m Bsus| |A Bsus|
I think I'll write a book"
|E Bsus| |A Bsus|
How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human
|E Bsus| |A Bsus|
being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the
|C#m Bsus| F# |A Bsus| |E Bsus | |A Bsus|
Resting soul of Galileo, king of night vision, king of insight
|E Bsus| |A Bsus|
How long till my soul gets it right
|E Bsus| |A Bsus|
How long till I meet that highest light...
|E Bsus| |A Bsus| E
How lo----o-----o----o----ong?
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