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.
Put your old ladies back into bed
Put your old men into their graves
Cover their ears so they can t hear us sing
Cover their eyes so they can t see us play
Get out of the way
Let the people play
We re gonna get down on you
Come alive all over you
Dancin down into your town
You know Tyrannosaurus Rex was destroyed before
By a furry little ball that crawled along
The primeval jungle floor
He stole the eggs of the dinosaur
close your eyes & create the sound
open your hands & rebuild the ground
We are egg snatchers, egg snatchers
flashin sunshine children
Bunch of diamond thieves
You unleash the dogs
of a grade-B movie star governor s war
While you sit in the dark -
insane with the fear of dying
weâll ball in your parks
Insane with the flash of living
Iâm alive, I am human
i will be alive again
So drop your in bombs
Burn your demon babies
I will be again
Rabid lover
feelin the starch in your grin
Callin for acid cocaine and grass
And receiving your homemade gin
Push the button
pull the switch
cut the beam
c mon make it march
Sign me up as a diplomat - my only office is the park
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You need to be out before you come in
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After you come you go
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In the midst of Yang is a smaller part of Yin
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And when it happens you know
the dawn comes
Hey, dick!
Whatever you think of us is totally irrelevant
Both to us now and to you
We are the present
We are the future
You are the past
Pay your dues and get outta the way
Cause we re not the way you used to be
When you were very young
We 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
Open 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
I 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 Dâs and Aâs.
I 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
Open your eyes there s a new world a-comin
Open it all we ve come to stay
Yeah, yeah, yeah, open it all
Open it, open it, baby
NOW OPEN THAT DOOR.
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