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The Star-Spangled Banner by Madison Rising
The Star-Spangled Banner
Standard Tuning
(The following picking pattern is repeated until "the rockets' red glare",
when the guitars kick in, but I included the chords anyway for those of
you who want to play the whole song with them.)
1st string |------10-----12--14--------10-----12--14-----17--14|
2nd string |--10-------------------10--------------------------|
D A
O say can you see by the dawn's early light,
D Bm G A
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
D Bm G A
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
D Bm G A
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
D Bm
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
G A
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
D Bm G A
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
D A Bm A D
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
(Guitar solo)
D
Because we are the brave
Bm
Yes we are the brave
G
We’ll fight tyranny
In the name of the free
A
We are the U.S. of A
D
For those unaware
Bm
That flag is still there
G
It’s our future to save
This land of the brave
A
The U.S. of A
D Bm G A
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
D A Bm A D
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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version 2
Legend:
X? = How many times to play that note
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
?b? = bend
h = hammer on
p = pull off
~ = let ring
Intro:
e|------10~----12--14~-------10~----17--14~---10~----10--12~---10~---17--14~--|
b|--10-------------------10-----------------------10--------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Sometime after the singing starts, play these chords 'till the chorus.
D A D Bm G D
Chorus:
d--12------9------5------7------12------9------14------7------12-----7--------|
a--12-X8---9-X8---5-X8---7-X8---12-X8---9-X8---14-X8---7-X8---12-X8--7-X5-----|
D--12------9------5------7------12------9------14------7------12-----7--------|
Solo:
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
b-10----------------15--17b19--15------------------------------|
g----11-----11--14-----------------11--12----14/16\14~----14---|
d-------12---------------------------------------------16------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
b------------17b19---17--17--17--15--14--15--14----------------|
g---14--14---------------------------------------16----14--16\-|
d--------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------|
b---14-15----14b15-14------------------------------------------|
g-16------------------16--14--11b12----------------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------|
b----------15--15--15--15--15--15---15b-15----------|
g--11--14----------------------------------16--16---|
d---------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
|============== This part is fast =============|
e--|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
b--|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
g--|---14h16p14-----------------------------------|----9~--9--11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9|
d--|-------------14h16p14-------------------------|----x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x|
a--|----------------------14--12/14\12/14-----12\-|----7~--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7|
D--|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------14--15--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\-----|
b-----------------------------15~--17------------------------------------------------|
g-7~---7--9--7--6~----11--14---------------------------------------------------------|
d-x----x--x--x--x--------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-5~---5--7--5--4~-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2:
|=========== X2 ==============| Strum Slower
d-|-12------9------5------7-----|---12------9------14------7------12-----7--------|
a-|-12-X8---9-X8---5-X8---7-X8--|---12-X8---9-X8---14-X8---7-X8---12-X8--7-X5-----|
D-|-12------9------5------7-----|---12------9------14------7------12-----7--------|
Outro:
d---4---------2---------12-------12-12-12-12-12-12--12~~~~-----|
a---4--X8-----2--X8-----12--X8---12-12-12-12-12-12--12~~~~-----|
D---4---------2---------12-------12-12-12-12-12-12--12~~~~-----|
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