• Song:

    Mau Mau Amerikon

  • Artist:

    Jefferson Airplane

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.

Em (022000@1)                          D (xx0232@1) EmPut (022000@1)your old ladies back into bed
                             D (xx0232@1)  EmPut (022000@1)your old men into their graves
                         D (xx0232@1)   EmCover (022000@1)their ears so they can't hear us sing
                         D (xx0232@1)   EmCover (022000@1)their eyes so they can't see us play
GGet (320003@1)out of the way
        AmLet (x02210@1)the people play
            Bm (x24432@1)        CWe're (x32010@1)gonna get down on you
D (xx0232@1)            EmCome (022000@1)alive all over you
                            D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
Dancin' down into your town

Em (022000@1)                               D (xx0232@1)   EmYou (022000@1)know Tyrannosaurus Rex was destroyed before
                            D (xx0232@1)     EmBy (022000@1)a furry little ball that crawled along
The primeval jungle floor
   D (xx0232@1)                   EmHe (022000@1)stole the eggs of the dinosaur
Gclose (320003@1)your eyes & create the sound
Amopen (x02210@1)your hands & rebuild the ground
Bm (x24432@1)                  CWe (x32010@1)are egg snatchers, egg snatchers
Dflashin' (xx0232@1)sunshine children
Em (022000@1)                     D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
Bunch of diamond thieves

EmYou (022000@1)unleash the dogs
     D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)Emof (022000@1)a grade-B movie star governor's war
          DWhile (xx0232@1)you sit in the dark -
  Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
insane with the fear of dying
Emwe'll (022000@1)ball in your parks
  D (xx0232@1)                    EmInsane (022000@1)with the flash of living

GI'm (320003@1)alive, I am human
Am (x02210@1)             Bmi (x24432@1)will be alive again
   CSo (x32010@1)drop your fuckin' bombs
DBurn (xx0232@1)your demon babies
EmI (022000@1)will be again
Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
Rabid lover
                           D (xx0232@1) Emfeelin' (022000@1)the starch in your grin

Callin' for acid cocaine and grass
                            D (xx0232@1)EmAnd (022000@1)receiving your homemade gin

Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)EmPush (022000@1)the button
               D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
pull the switch
             D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
cut the beam
                   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
c'mon make it march
Sign me up as a diplomat - my only office is the park

Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)         G*
You need to be out before you come in
Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)G*
After you come you go
Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)            G*
In the midst of Yang is a smaller part of Yin
Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)         Em (022000@1) G*
And when it happens you know
Emthe (022000@1)dawn comes

Hey, dick!
EmWhatever (022000@1)you think of us is totally irrelevant
EmBoth (022000@1)to us now and to you
EmWe (022000@1)are the present
EmWe (022000@1)are the future
EmYou (022000@1)are the past
Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)          EmPay (022000@1)your dues and get outta the way
            Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)     AmCause (x02210@1)we're not the way you used to be


     D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)  BmWhen (x24432@1)you were very young

EmWe're (022000@1)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

EmOpen (022000@1)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

EmI (022000@1)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.

EmI (022000@1)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

D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)         EmOpen (022000@1)your eyes there's a new world a-comin'
D (xx0232@1)               EmOpen (022000@1)it all we've come to stay
EmYeah, (022000@1)yeah, yeah, open it all

Open it, open it, baby
NOW OPEN THAT DOOR.


Em  x79987
D   x57775
C   x35553
Bm  x24432
A   577555 or x0221x
G   355433
G*  x-10-12-12-12-10
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