[Intro]
C  G  F  G7  -  C  G  F  G7
[Strophe]
C       G            F       G7   
  Galileo's head was on the block,
  C         G               F   G7
 crime was looking up the truth   
 
 
  Galileo's head was on the block, crime was looking up the truth    
C              G                F  
  And as the bombshells of my daily
           G 
 fears explode 
  And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode 
          Am        Em      F   G7 
I try to trace them to my youth
[Strophe]
C               G             
  And then you had to bring up
  F        G            C   
 reincarnation over a couple
     G 
 of beers 
  And then you had to bring up reincarnation over a couple of beers 
           F    G7 
the other night 
     C           G           F   
Now I'm serving time for mistakes
  G       Am          Em   
 made by another in another
      F   G 
 lifetime
Now I'm serving time for mistakes made by another in another lifetime
[Refrain]
     C            G             F    
How long till my soul gets it right? 
      G 
  Can any Human 
How long till my soul gets it right?   Can any Human 
 C           G                  F    
Being ever reach that kind of light? 
  G 
 I call on the 
Being ever reach that kind of light?  I call on the 
 Am      Em        D              
Resting soul  of  Galileo, king of
   F          G         C 
 night vision, king of insight F 
 G
Resting soul  of  Galileo, king of night vision, king of insight F  G
[Instrumentale]
F  G
[Strophe]
C                G             
  Then I think about my fear of
  F    G7  C             G   
 motion      of which I never
           F   
 could explain 
  Then I think about my fear of motion      of which I never could explain 
 G7 
 
C              G             F    
  Some other fool across the ocean
        G              Am       
 years ago must have crashed his
  Em 
 little  
  Some other fool across the ocean years ago must have crashed his little  
     F   G 
airplane
[Refrain]
     C            G             F    
How long till my soul gets it right? 
      G 
  Can any Human 
How long till my soul gets it right?   Can any Human 
 C           G                  F    
Being ever reach that kind of light? 
  G 
 I call on the 
Being ever reach that kind of light?  I call on the 
 Am      Em        D              
Resting soul  of  Galileo, king of
   F          G         C 
 night vision, king of insight
Resting soul  of  Galileo, king of night vision, king of insight
[Pont]
Am                 F 
I'm not making a joke, you know me 
       Am               F 
I take everything  so  seriously 
      Am                        
If we wait for the time till all
  F 
 souls get it right 
If we wait for the time till all souls get it right 
          G                   F    
Than at least I know there'll be no
     G          F 
 nuclear annihilation 
Than at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation 
       C       G              
in my lifetime - I'm still not
   F    G 
 right
in my lifetime - I'm still not right
[Solo]
C  G  F  G7  Am  Em  D - D  F  G  C
[Strophe]
C          G                F    G7
I offer thanks to those before me. 
  C               G      F   G7 
 That's all I've got to say 
I offer thanks to those before me.  That's all I've got to say 
        C          G            F   
Cause maybe you squandered big bucks
          G          Am    Em    
 in your lifetime.  Now I have to
  F   
 pay
Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime.  Now I have to pay
 G
[Strophe]
            C                  G 
But then again it feels like some
               F    G7 
 sort of inspiration 
But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration 
             C        G        F 
To let the next life off the hook
  G7 
 
To let the next life off the hook 
               C          G    
She'll say, "look what I had to
      F             G 
 overcome from my last life 
She'll say, "look what I had to overcome from my last life 
Am              Em      F   G 
  I think I'll write a book"
[Refrain]
     C            G             F    
How long till my soul gets it right? 
      G 
  Can any Human 
How long till my soul gets it right?   Can any Human 
 C           G                  F   
Being ever reach the highest light? 
   G 
 Except for the 
Being ever reach the highest light?  Except for the 
 Am      Em     D                 F  
Resting soul - Galileo, king of night
        G         C     G F G 
 vision, king of insight 
Resting soul - Galileo, king of night vision, king of insight 
     C           G             F  
How long till my soul gets it right
 G 
 
How long till my soul gets it right 
     C           G               
How long till I meet that highest
  F   G 
 light... 
How long till I meet that highest light... 
     C   G  F  G  C 
How lo-o-ong?