From: [email protected] (James D. Legg)
This is the closest I’ve been able to come to figuring out the Star
Spangled Banner. If you make any corrections, please let me know.
Enjoy!
«Star-Spangled Banner»
by Frances Scott Key
let all notes ring
E
|———-0————————|——4—2-0——————————|
|-0——0————7/7-5———|————4——2-4-5—5—————|
|—1—1———————1-3-4—|-4-4————————4-1———-|
|—2——————————-|——————————-2———|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|————————————|—————————————-|
full bend * repeat (play twice)
|-2-2-4-5-7—7——5-4-2-4-5—5—-|-5-4—-2-0——————————|
|————————————|————4———2-4-5—————|
|————————————|—————————1-3-4———|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|——————2—5-4-2———-|———2-4-5-7——0-2—-5-2———|
|—5-5-54-2-2-2———-5-54—-|——5——————————5—-|
|-4———————————|-4-4————————————|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|————————————|—————————————-|
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From: [email protected] (Adam Schneider)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: Re: REQ: Star Spangled Banner
Date: 29 Sep 1993 23:34:23 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
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I have just a couple corrections…
|-2-2-4-5-7—7——5-4-2-4-5—5—-|-5-4—-2-0——————————|
|————————————|————4———2-4-5—————|
|————————————|—————————1-3-4———|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|————————————|—————————————-|
^^^ These 2’s should be 4’s.
|——————2—5-4-2———-|———2-4-5-7——0-2—-5-2———|
|—5-5-54-2-2-2———-5-54—-|——5——————————5—-|
|-4———————————|-4-4————————————|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|————————————|—————————————-|
|————————————|—————————————-|
There should be a 4 between 2 and 5 here.^^^
(I assume that «full bend» in the first line means you bend it so that it
sounds two frets higher; if that’s the case, then that’s fine.)
Here’s some chords that I scraped together (in C, not E):
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (Francis Scott Key)
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[I suspect that some of these chords are very subject to improvisation;
in fact, if you wanted to, you could pretty much play a different chord
for each note, by playing C under C, E, or G, F under F, A, or C, and so
on, sort of like I did for the very last line. So I just wrote down my
own little interpretation.]
C G C Am D7 G
Oh say can you see by the dawn’s early light
C G F C G C
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming
G C G C Am D7 G
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
C G F C G C
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming
C G Dm F
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air
C G F C Am D7 G
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
C F Dm Gsus G
Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wa — ave
C G C F C Am G C
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave
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Adam Schneider [email protected] U.C. Santa Cruz
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