Have You Seen The Saucers

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 E ( D string second fret ) = E2 , up through D#2
guitar open high E = E3 , high E fret 12 = E4

intro
( acoustic intro , picking around Em )
B2 D2 B2 G3
B2 D2 B2 A3 – G3 – E3 D2
B2 D2 B2 – D2 – E3 , E2 , E1
E | – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – 5 – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – o – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – 4 – – – 4 – – – – – 4 – – – 4 – – – – – – – – – 4 – – – 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – o – – – – – – – – |

( electric intro follows immediately )
[ hit hard and heavy : ]
[ bass plays with/over chords every rep of this line ]
chords : C C G Am Em
| | | | |
bass : C0 C0 C0 – C0 – C0 C0 B0 A0 E0
G | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – – – – – – 3 – – 3 – – 333 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – 2 – – o – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – o – – – – – – – – – – – – |

plus hard overdriven jorma lead
x 2

C C G – >
Am Em
have you seen the saucers?
C C G – >
Am Em
have you seen the saucers?

C
do you know the people out there
G Am
who aren’t happy with the way that we care
Am Em
for the earth mother .

C C G – >
Am Em
have you seen the saucers .
C
tranquility base
G
there goes the neighborhood .
C
american garbage dumped in space and
G Em Am
no room left for brotherhood .

[ bridge : wah – wah lead break ]
Am Em , Em Am x 4

C C G – >
Am Em
have you seen our saucers?
C Am
you see our lights in your western skies , california .
Am
( the rainbow skies ) .
C Am Am
the government tells you another missle is flying
C Am Am
have you any idea why they’re lying to you?
Am
( to your faces )
C
did they tell you?

C C G – >
Am Em
have you seen our saucers?

[ 2 lines of bridge , wah wah lead break ]
Am Em , Em Am ,
Am Em , Em Am

[ 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 : ]
Am Em Em Am
your mother needs you , now she’s getting old
Am Em Em Am . . . . . C . . . . – >
her face was pretty , but you let her go . . . . . o – o – >

C C G – >
Am Em
have you seen our saucers?
C
astar children
Am
on the back road to salvation .
C
children of the forest .
G Em Am
child of the woodstock nation .

[ as bridge but softly ]
Am Am Em Em
have a care for the needs of your planet
Am Am Em Em
catch the dawn that once was there

[ now harder , yes the timing is uneven , listen to it ]
Am C G
first – born atomic generation
Am C G
open the door , don’t you know that’s what it’s for
Am
come and join us on the
C D Em
other side of the sun . . . ( hold and fade ) . . .