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Solo in C mixolydian.
CmWhaBbt you gonna do when you feel your lady rollin'
CmHow Bbyou gonna feel when you see your lady strollin'
CmOn Bbthe deck of the starship
CmWitBbh her head hooked into Andromeda
CmC'mBbon Hijack
CmGotBbta get back and ahead to the things that matter
CmAmeBbrika hates her crazies 
CmAnd Bbyou gotta let go you know
CmgotBbta let go you know
CmgotBbta let go you know
CmgotBbta let go you know or else you stay
EbSpillin' out of the steel glass
Gmgravity gFone from the cage
Eba million pounds gone from your heavy mass
Gmall the years gFone from your age
CmHydBbroponic gardens and skyscrapers
CmGliBbstening with lakes in the Jupiter skyline
CmRooBbm for babies and Byzantine dancing astronauts of renown
CmThe Bbmagician and the pantechnicon
CmTakBbe along the farmer and the physician
CmWe Bbgotta get out and down
CmBacBbk into the future
CmBeyBbond our own time again
CmReaBbchin' for tomorrow
CmIt'Bbs so fine Starshine
the Ebmelting acid fever streakin' thru Gmmy Fmind
Ebmakes it ah so difficult to Gmsee yFou
Eband ah so Gmeasy to tFouch you
i Ebmelt with Fyou
Ebfeel with Fyou
Ebmake love for Fyou
Ebat you
Ebaround you
Fi love you
CmDeaBbr Brumus, the ship'll be ours and you got to roll with it
CmAnd Bbtho' your master's head's blown off you got to go with it
CmRolBbl with the natural flow
CmLikBbe water off a spinning ball
CmOut Bb- the one remaining way to go
CmFreBbe - the only way to fall
CmThe Bblight in the night is the sun
CmAnd Bbit can carry you around the planetary ground
CmAnd Bbthe planetary whip of the sun
CmWilBbl carry you well past Gideon
CmAnd Bbthe people you see will leave you be
CmmorBbe than the ones you've known before
CmHey Bb- rollin' on
CmWe Bbcome and go like a comet
CmWe Bbare wanderers
CmAre Bbyou anymore?
CmThe Bbland is green and you make it grow
CmAnd Bbyou gotta let go you know
CmYou Bbgotta let go you know
CmYou Bbgotta let go you know
CmOr Bbelse you stay
   Cm     Eb     Bbmankind Bbgone from the cage
   Cm     Eb     Bball the years Bbgone from your age
CmAt Bbfirst I was iridescent
CmTheBbn I became transparent
CmFinBbally I was absent 
 Cmx35543
 Bbx13321
 Ebx68876
 Gmx10-12-12-11-10
  Fx8-10-10-9-8

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Starship

by Jefferson Airplane

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Solo in C mixolydian.

Cm Bb

What you gonna do when you feel your lady rollin'

Cm Bb

How you gonna feel when you see your lady strollin'

Cm Bb

On the deck of the starship

Cm Bb

With her head hooked into Andromeda

Cm Bb

C'mon Hijack

Cm Bb

Gotta get back and ahead to the things that matter

Cm Bb

Amerika hates her crazies

Cm Bb

And you gotta let go you know

Cm Bb

gotta let go you know

Cm Bb

gotta let go you know

Cm Bb

gotta let go you know or else you stay

Spillin' out of the steel glass

Gm F

gravity gone from the cage

a million pounds gone from your heavy mass

Gm F

all the years gone from your age

Cm Bb

Hydroponic gardens and skyscrapers

Cm Bb

Glistening with lakes in the Jupiter skyline

Cm Bb

Room for babies and Byzantine dancing astronauts of renown

Cm Bb

The magician and the pantechnicon

Cm Bb

Take along the farmer and the physician

Cm Bb

We gotta get out and down

Cm Bb

Back into the future

Cm Bb

Beyond our own time again

Cm Bb

Reachin' for tomorrow

Cm Bb

It's so fine Starshine

Eb Gm F

the melting acid fever streakin' thru my mind

Eb Gm F

makes it ah so difficult to see you

Eb Gm F

and ah so easy to touch you

Eb F

i melt with you

Eb F

feel with you

Eb F

make love for you

at you

around you

i love you

Cm Bb

Dear Brumus, the ship'll be ours and you got to roll with it

Cm Bb

And tho' your master's head's blown off you got to go with it

Cm Bb

Roll with the natural flow

Cm Bb

Like water off a spinning ball

Cm Bb

Out - the one remaining way to go

Cm Bb

Free - the only way to fall

Cm Bb

The light in the night is the sun

Cm Bb

And it can carry you around the planetary ground

Cm Bb

And the planetary whip of the sun

Cm Bb

Will carry you well past Gideon

Cm Bb

And the people you see will leave you be

Cm Bb

more than the ones you've known before

Cm Bb

Hey - rollin' on

Cm Bb

We come and go like a comet

Cm Bb

We are wanderers

Cm Bb

Are you anymore?

Cm Bb

The land is green and you make it grow

Cm Bb

And you gotta let go you know

Cm Bb

You gotta let go you know

Cm Bb

You gotta let go you know

Cm Bb

Or else you stay

Cm Eb Bb Bb

mankind gone from the cage

Cm Eb Bb Bb

all the years gone from your age

Cm Bb

At first I was iridescent

Cm Bb

Then I became transparent

Cm Bb

Finally I was absent

x35543

x13321

x68876

x10-12-12-11-10

x8-10-10-9-8

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