have you seen the saucers?
mexico-saucers single, 1970
music and lyrics: paul kantner, marty balin
in c minor
lead guitar solos in c dorian
in open c tuning, cgcgce- click here for the voicings
C Eb C Eb C F
C Eb C Eb C G F Eb
C Eb Eb C
Ab C
Have you seen the saucers?
Ab C
Have you seen the saucers?
F
Do you know the people out there
Eb G
who aren't happy with the way that we care
F C
for the Earth Mother.
Ab C
Have you seen the saucers.
Ab
Tranquility Base
C
there goes the neighborhood.
Ab
American garbage dumped in space and
F C
no room left for brotherhood.
[Bridge: wah-wah lead break]
Mess around with C, Eb, and F for the rhythm guitar
Ab C
Have you seen our saucers?
Ab C
You see our lights in your western skies, California, the rainbow skies
Ab F C
The government tells you another missile is flying
Ab C
have you any idea why they're lying to you?
Ab
(to your faces)
F
did they tell you?
C
Have you seen our saucers?
[2 lines of bridge, wah wah lead break]
C Eb C F C
[then 2 lines adding]
la la, la la, la-la-la-la
la la, la la, la-la-la-la
C Eb C F
Your mother needs you, now she's getting old
C Eb C F
Her face was pretty, but you let her go
Ab C
Have you seen our saucers?
Ab
Star children
C
on the back road to salvation.
Ab
Children of the forest.
F C
Child of the Woodstock Nation.
F C
have a care for the needs of your planet
Eb F
catch the dawn that once was there
Eb F
first-born atomic generation
Eb G
open the door, don't you know that's what it's for
C
come and join us on the
Eb F C2
other side of the sun
a special thanks to paul kantner for the chords to this one.
