Mau Mau Amerikon

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 we’ll ball in your parks Insane with the flash of living I’m alive I am human i will be alive again So drop your fuckin’ 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 You need to be out before you come in After you come you go   In the midst of Yang is a smaller part of Yin 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 D’s and A’s. 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.             Em  x79987 D   x57775        C   x35553 Bm  x24432 A   577555 or x0221x G   355433    G*  x-10-12-12-12-10