Have You Seen The Saucers
Jefferson Airplane
Have you Seen the Saucers? Jefferson Airplane from Early Flights live album and released as B side of non-album single with Mexico Single note notation: Bass open low E = E0 up through D#0 Bass second E = guitar open low E = E1 up through D#1 Guitar second ( string second fret) = up through Guitar open high = E3 high fret 12 = INTRO (acoustic intro picking around Em) G3 A3-G3-E3 E|-------3-- -------5-3---- ------------O-----------------| B|---3------ ---3-------3-- ---3----3---------------------| |-4---4---- -4---4-------- -4---4------------------------| |---------- -------------- ----------------2-------------| E|---------- -------------- ---------------------O--------| (electric intro follows immediately) [hit hard and heavy:] [bass plays with/over chords every rep of this line] | | | | | Bass : C0 C0 C0-C0-C0 C0 B0 A0 E0 |-----------------------------------------------| A|------3--3--333-------3----2--O----------------| E|----------------------------------O------------| plus hard overdriven Jorma lead x 2 -> Have you seen the saucers? -> Have you seen the saucers? Do you know the people out there who aren’t happy with the way that we care for the Earth Mother. -> Have you seen the saucers. Tranquility Base there goes the neighborhood. American garbage dumped in space and no room left for brotherhood. [Bridge: wah-wah lead break] x 4 -> Have you seen our saucers? You see our lights in your western skies California. (The rainbow skies). The government tells you another missle is flying have you any idea why they’re lying to you? (to your faces) did they tell you? -> Have you seen our saucers? [2 lines of bridge wah wah lead break] [then 2 lines adding] la la la la la-la-la-la la la la la la-la-la-la [then two more with lyrics:] Your mother needs you now she’s getting old Her face was pretty but you let her go ..... o - o -> -> Have you seen our saucers? AStar children on the back road to salvation. Children of the forest. Child of the Woodstock Nation. [as bridge but softly] have a care for the needs of your planet catch the dawn that once was there [now harder yes the timing is uneven listen to it] first-born atomic generation open the door don’t you know that’s what it’s for come and join us on the other side of the sun...(hold and fade)...