mau mau (amerikon)
blows against the empire, 1970
lyrics: paul kantner, grace slick, joey covington
in e minor
lead guitar: solo in e minor pentatonic
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 F Get out of the way G Let the people play Am We're gonna get down on you Bm D Come alive all over you 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 F# close your eyes & create the sound G open your hands & rebuild the ground Am Bm We are egg snatchers, egg snatchers D flashin' sunshine children Em Em Bunch of diamond thieves Em You unleash the dogs D Em D Em of a grade-B movie star governor's war While you sit in the dark - D Em insane with the fear of dying Em we’ll ball in your parks D Em Insane with the flash of living F# I’m alive, I am human G Am i will be alive again Bm 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 Bm Bm D Bm Bm 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 G Cause we're not the way you used to be Em D A 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 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 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.
