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Yup yup, here’s ‘saucers’. It was something that I always wanted to play and the other on this site is REALLY incorrect. I found out via Paul Kantner himself that it is in Open tuning, and that made it a lot easier to figure. In the intro I usually only play the and 5th strings. Oh, and Jorma is playing in C Minor Pentatonic in standard tuning of He starts off with that C note on the 17th fret on the G string. Have fun! In open C (CGCGCE) C Eb C Eb C F C Eb C Eb C G F Eb C Eb Eb C G# C Have you seen the saucers? G# 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. G# C Have you seen the saucers. G# Tranquility Base C there goes the neighborhood. G# 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 [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jefferson-airplane/247225.html ] G# C Have you seen our saucers? G# C You see our lights in your western skies, California, the rainbow skies G# F C The government tells you another missile is flying G# C have you any idea why they're lying to you? G# (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 [then two more with lyrics:] 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 G# C Have you seen our saucers? G# Star children C on the back road to salvation. G# 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 F 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 C 000000 Eb 333333 F 555555 G 777777 G# 888888 C2 12-12-12-12-12-12 |