Chords for Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) - Live Houston 1976

[Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ [A#m] [F#] We have returned [D#] to claim the [C#] pyramid.
Parting [D#] on the mothership.
I am [F#] the mothership connection.
[D#] Get down [A#] and breathe.
Unite the [F#] agroovers. _
If you hear any noise, ain't nobody but me and the boys.
[C#] Turn the [D#m] motherfuckers out.
Y'all ready to get down out there?
[C#] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [F#] _
[G#m] If you hear [A#] any noise, just get [C#m] out the [F#] door.
[D#] Get back [C#] out.
Everybody sing with me [D#] right now.
[C#m] Everybody [F#] sing the song.
If you hear any noise, [C#] it's just me [F#m] and the [G#m] boys.
Get back.
_ [A#] Give me a little more food up here.
All right, y'all, yeah?
Put a glide in your stride or dip in your hip and come on to [F#] the [E] mothership.
[C#] _ _ _ _ [A] Doing the loose [F#] food.
_ Give me a little more food up here. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sing.
_ _ [D#] It's [C#] just me and [F#m] the [G#m] boys.
Get back.
[C#] Get back.
_ _ [D#m]
If you hear any noise, it's [C#] just me and [A#] the boys.
[D#m] Get back.
Come on with it, y'all.
Get back.
[C#m] _ [F#] _ _
[D#] _ [G#m] The [D#] mothership connection.
[C#] The home of the [F#] people.
[D#m] The [F#] ball.
[D#m] I bet your memory [C#] banks don't forget this, Paul.
[F#] _
[D#] _ [C#] _ [D#m] _ _ [A#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ Get back. Get back.
[A#] _ _ [F#] _
[D#] [G#m] If you hear any [A#m] noise, it's just me and [A] the boys.
[D#] Get back.
[C#m] Y [D#]'all, you got to get in [C#] the band.
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#] _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ [A] Put [F#] your hands together.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] _
[A#m] We're going to see if we can't get the mothership in here tonight.
_ [D#m] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [D#m] _ [C#] One more [F#] time real loud.
Everybody sing.
_ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
If you hear any noise, [C#] it's just me [D#m] and the [B] boys.
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[D#] Lift your [F#] head.
All right, y'all.
Get off your head.
And come on.
[A#m] _ You got to hit the [D#] band.
Hey, Glenn.
When you [C#] hear Zigs rumble, you reveal your [D#m] concepts from Bucket [E] Man.
[A#m] You, you, you, you.
You [D#m] have it, little boy.
[E] Yeah.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D]
You see the mother?
[C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [F#] Come _ [C#] on, baby.
Y'all [D] give me a moment.
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[D] _ [C#m] _ [F#] [C#] Swing down, sweet cherry or something.
[A] Let [D] me ride.
[E] Swing [Bm] down, sweet cherry or something.
[D] Let me [C#m] ride.
[F#] Swing down, sweet cherry or [A] something.
[D] Let me [E] ride.
_ _ [B] Everybody stomp your feet up in the [D] balcony.
_ [E] Swing down, [Bm] sweet cherry or something. _
_ [D] _ [E] Swing down, sweet cherry or something.
[B] _
[D] We're going to see if we [C#m] can't get the mothership in here tonight.
_ [F#] [D] Get some movement, y'all.
_ _ [F#] And say swing down.
_ [C#]
[D] Let me ride.
[E] [F#m] Swing down, sweet [F#] cherry or something.
[B] _ [D] _ I want to hear [F#] y'all sing it.
[F#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ _ I [A] _ _ [Bm] want you [E] to swing [F#m] down. _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A#] [E] I said swing down, [B] sweet cherry or something.
[F#] _ [Bm] _ [E] Oh, everybody raise your [F#] hand and move them back and forth [B] across the room.
[D] [C#m] And move your body.
[F#m] _ _
_ [Bm] Everybody move [E] your body.
_ [G] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ [F#m] Everybody swing down.
Hey, y'all can do better than that because [Bm] we got to get the mothership in [F#m] here tonight.
[B] It's going to take energy to get [D] the mothership in here tonight.
_ Raise your [F#m] hand.
[B] _
_ _ [D] _ Everybody [A] raise your [B] hand.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] I said swing [E] down, [B] sweet cherry or something.
Let [D] me [Bm] ride.
I'm going [F#m] to swing down.
Let _ _ [G] me [F#m] ride.
Swing down, sweet cherry or something.
_ [Bm] I said [E] swing [Bm] down.
_ _ _ [A#] _ [A] Do you [F#] want to [Em] fly?
[D] Do y [E] [F#]'all want to fly this evening?
[D] _ Let me [C#] ride.
Do you want to ride the [A] mothership?
[D] Let me ride.
[F#] Do you want to fly?
[D] Yeah, bring it down.
Swing [F#m] down.
Sweet cherry or something.
Let me ride.
Put your hands together, y'all.
Sweet cherry [A] or something.
Let [D] me ride.
Swing [F#m] down.
Sweet cherry or something.
[Bm] Let me ride.
[E] Somebody help me sing, [D] y'all.
Let me ride.
After the [F#m] mothership comes.
Let me [D] ride.
There will [F#m] be no second coming.
Let me [E] ride.
Swing down.
When [F#] the mothership [Bm]
comes, yeah.
[G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D]
Houston, do [E] you want to [F#m] _ [D] ride?
Yeah.
Let me ride.
Do you [C#m] want to ride tonight, [F#m] y'all? _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ Do you want to ride?
[Bm] Yeah.
Let [E] me ride.
Do [A] you want to ride?
Bring it down one more [Bm] time.
_ I want to ride [F#m] tonight.
[G] Yeah.
Let me ride.
I [G#] want to ride tonight.
[Em] Yeah.
Let [E] me [F#m] ride.
I want the [E] mothership to land right in here.
[Bm] And when it _ _ [Em]
[F#m] comes, yeah.
[Bm] _ Let me ride.
Somebody help me sing, [F#] swing down.
Come on, [Bm] Houston, y'all.
[D] Let me ride.
[E] Come on, sing, y'all.
[F#] Cherry [Bm] stop and let [D] me ride.
[C#m] Somebody help me, Lord.
Sweet cherry.
[Bm] Yeah.
Let me ride.
[Em] Swing [F#m] down.
[E] Sweet cherry stop and [Bm] let [D] me ride.
Oh, I think [F#m] I see the mothership coming.
Let me ride.
[Bm] _ _
Oh, I think I see [F#] the mother ship [A] coming.
Yeah.
[Bm] _ _
[D] Let me ride.
[C#m] Oh, I think [F#m] I see the mothership coming.
_ Yes.
[D] Let me ride.
I [F#] think I see the mothership coming.
Let [B]
me [D] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [D] _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm]
ride.
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_ _ [D] _ [E] Dad.screams. please wake up _ _ _ [D] _ please [E] you don't scare me [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
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