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