Jefferson Airplane - Mau mau amerikon
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Mau Mau (Amerikon)
from Blows Against the Empire (1970)
Yeah, I know it's labeled as being by Jefferson Starship but the rendition of JS on
Against the Empire is much closer to the Airplane and had very little to do with JS other
Kantner himself.
Anywho, it's a great song in E minor, Paul Kantner played the rhythm part and Peter
played the lead guitar and he solos in E minor pentatonic throughout the song. I put the
at the bottom so there's no confusion between the 2 different G chords used in the song.
DmPut your old ladies back into Fbed Dm
Put your old men into their gFravesDm
Cover their ears so they Fcan't Dmhear us sing
Cover their eyes so they Fcan't Dmsee us play
FGet out of the way
Let the Dmpeople play
We're gonna Emget down on Fyou
FCome alive all Dmover you
Dancin' down into your town F Dm
DmYou know Tyrannosaurus Rex was destFroyed Dmbefore
By a furry little ball that Fcrawled Dmalong
The primeval jungle floor
He Fstole the eggs of the Dmdinosaur
Fclose your eyes & create the sound
Dmopen your hands & rebuild the ground
EmWe are egg snatchers, Fegg snatchers
Fflashin' sunshine children
DmBunch of diamond thieves F Dm
DmYou unleash the dogs
of a Fgrade-DmB movie star FgovDmernor's war
While you Fsit in the dark -
inDmsane with the fear of FdyDming
Dmwe’ll ball in your parks
InFsane with the flash of Dmliving
FI’m alive, I am human
Dmi will be alive aEmgain
So Fdrop your fuckin' bombs
FBurn your demon babies
DmI will be again
DmRabid loverF Dm
feelin' the starch in your FgrinDm
Callin' for acid cocaine and grass
And receiving your homemade FginDm
DmPush the buttFon Dm
pull the switchF Dm
cut the beam F Dm
c'mon make it marchF Dm
Sign me up as a diplomat - my only office is the park
Dm F Dm F*
You need to be out before you come in
Dm F Dm F*
After you come you go
Dm F Dm F*
In the midst of Yang is a smaller part of Yin
Dm F Dm F*
And when it happens you know
Dmthe dawn comes
Hey, dick!
DmWhatever you think of us is totally irrelevant
DmBoth to us now and to you
DmWe are the present
DmWe are the future
DmYou are the past
DmPay your Fdues and get Dmoutta the way
Cause we're Dmnot the Fway you Dmused to be
When Fyou were Fvery Emyoung
DmWe're something new
We don't quite know what it is
Or particularly care
We just do it - You gotta do it
Let the music do it, take you there
Do it, do it, do it - gotta do it
Something new, something new, something new
New, New
DmOpen your eyes there's a new world a-comin'
Open your eyes there's a new world today
Open your hearts people are lovin'
Open it all we've come to stay
DmI said, Open it all we've come to stay
Then play around with this riff:
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|--5-777-5-777-7070-7070----|
E|---------------------------|
Just mess around the E note and throw in some D’s and A’s.
DmI said, Open it all we've come to stay
People, hey you people, everybody
Us young people come to stay
I said, people, on relief
We've all come to stay
FOpen your Dmeyes there's a Fnew world a-Dmcomin'
FOpen it all we've Dmcome to stay
DmYeah, yeah, yeah, open it all
Open it, open it, baby
NOW OPEN THAT DOOR.
Dm x79987
F x57775
F x35553
Em x24432
D 577555 or x0221x
F 355433
F* x-10-12-12-12-10