The Star-Spangled Banner
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1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Title: The Star-Spangled Banner
Capo: 1 or 2, optionally
Time: 3/4, Tempo: Q=70, Eighths are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the 6th string bass with thumb-fretting as appropriate.
[Stave1+2] (2x)
G + + + + + + Em + + + + + A +
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3---------------7--\5---|-3-----------------------|
B|(0)--------------3--p0---|---------0-------3-------|-------------------------|---------0-------2-------|
G|--------(0)--------------|-0-----------0-------0---|-----0-------0-----------|-----0-------0-------2---|
D|-----0-------0---0-------|-----0-----------0-------|---------2-------0-------|-----------------2-------|
A|---------2---------------|---------2---------------|-------------------------|---------2---------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
Oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early
gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous
D + + + G + + + D + + + G + + +
E|-------------------------|-7----------\5--p3-------|-2---------------0--h2---|-3-------3---------------|
B|-3---------------3---3---|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------3-------|
G|-----2-------2-----------|-----0---------------0---|-----2-------2-----------|-----0-------0-------0---|
D|-----------------0-------|---------0-------0-------|-----------------0-------|-----------------0-------|
A|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|---------2---------------|
E|---------2---------------|-7-----------------------|---------2---------------|-3-----------------------|
light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last
fight O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly
[Stave3]
G + + + + + + + + + D + + C +
E|-----------------7---7---|-7------/8------/10------|-10--------------8--\7---|-5----------/7---8-------|
B|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-----8-------------------|-----3-------------------|
G|---------0---------------|-----0-------0-------0---|-------------0-----------|---------------------0---|
D|-----0-------0---0-------|-------------------------|---------0---------------|---------0---------------|
A|---------2---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-7------/8------/10------|-10--------------8--\7---|-5---------------8-------|
streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting
+ + + G + + + D + + + Em + + A +
E|-8---------------7--\5---|-3----------p2---0-------|-------------0--h2-------|-3-----------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|---------0-------2-------|
G|-----0-------0-----------|-----0---------------0---|-----2---------------2---|-----0-------0-------2---|
D|-------------------------|-----------------0-------|-----------------0-------|-----------------2-------|
A|---------7---------------|---------2---------------|-0-----------------------|---------2---------------|
E|-8---------------7--\5---|-3-----------------------|---------2---------------|-0-----------------------|
air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still
[Stave4]
D + + + G + + + C + + + Am + + +
E|-------------------------|-3-------3-------3--p2---|-0-------0-------0--h3---|-5-------8--\7---5--\3---|
B|-3---------------3---3---|-------------------------|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-----------|-----0-------0-----------|-----0-------------------|-----5-------------------|
D|-----------------0-------|-----------------0-------|---------2-------2-------|---------0-------0-------|
A|-0-----------------------|---------2---------------|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|---------2---------------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
there. Oh, say, does that star- spangled banner yet
D + + + G + + + D + + + G + + D +
E|-2-----------------------|-3-------3--p2---3--/5---|-7-----------8--\5-------|-3-----------5--p2-------|
B|-----------------3---3---|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-----------|-------------------------|-----0---------------0---|-----0---------------2---|
D|-----------------0-------|-----0-----------0-------|---------0---------------|---------0-------0-------|
A|-0-----------------------|---------2---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------2---------------|-3-----------------------|-7-----------8--\5-------|-3-----------------------|
wave O'er the land of the free And the home of the
G + +
E|-3--------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-----0-------0--------|
D|-----------------0----|
A|---------2------------|
E|-3--------------------|
brave?
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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The Star-Spangled Banner
by Beyoncé
Title: The Star-Spangled Banner
Capo: 1 or 2, optionally
Time: 3/4, Tempo: Q=70, Eighths are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the 6th string bass with thumb-fretting as appropriate.
[Stave1+2] (2x)
G + + + + + + Em + + + + + A +
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3---------------7--\5---|-3-----------------------|
B|(0)--------------3--p0---|---------0-------3-------|-------------------------|---------0-------2-------|
G|--------(0)--------------|-0-----------0-------0---|-----0-------0-----------|-----0-------0-------2---|
D|-----0-------0---0-------|-----0-----------0-------|---------2-------0-------|-----------------2-------|
A|---------2---------------|---------2---------------|-------------------------|---------2---------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
Oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early
gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous
D + + + G + + + D + + + G + + +
E|-------------------------|-7----------\5--p3-------|-2---------------0--h2---|-3-------3---------------|
B|-3---------------3---3---|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------3-------|
G|-----2-------2-----------|-----0---------------0---|-----2-------2-----------|-----0-------0-------0---|
D|-----------------0-------|---------0-------0-------|-----------------0-------|-----------------0-------|
A|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|---------2---------------|
E|---------2---------------|-7-----------------------|---------2---------------|-3-----------------------|
light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last
fight O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly
[Stave3]
G + + + + + + + + + D + + C +
E|-----------------7---7---|-7------/8------/10------|-10--------------8--\7---|-5----------/7---8-------|
B|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-----8-------------------|-----3-------------------|
G|---------0---------------|-----0-------0-------0---|-------------0-----------|---------------------0---|
D|-----0-------0---0-------|-------------------------|---------0---------------|---------0---------------|
A|---------2---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-7------/8------/10------|-10--------------8--\7---|-5---------------8-------|
streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting
+ + + G + + + D + + + Em + + A +
E|-8---------------7--\5---|-3----------p2---0-------|-------------0--h2-------|-3-----------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|---------0-------2-------|
G|-----0-------0-----------|-----0---------------0---|-----2---------------2---|-----0-------0-------2---|
D|-------------------------|-----------------0-------|-----------------0-------|-----------------2-------|
A|---------7---------------|---------2---------------|-0-----------------------|---------2---------------|
E|-8---------------7--\5---|-3-----------------------|---------2---------------|-0-----------------------|
air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still
[Stave4]
D + + + G + + + C + + + Am + + +
E|-------------------------|-3-------3-------3--p2---|-0-------0-------0--h3---|-5-------8--\7---5--\3---|
B|-3---------------3---3---|-------------------------|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-----------|-----0-------0-----------|-----0-------------------|-----5-------------------|
D|-----------------0-------|-----------------0-------|---------2-------2-------|---------0-------0-------|
A|-0-----------------------|---------2---------------|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|---------2---------------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
there. Oh, say, does that star- spangled banner yet
D + + + G + + + D + + + G + + D +
E|-2-----------------------|-3-------3--p2---3--/5---|-7-----------8--\5-------|-3-----------5--p2-------|
B|-----------------3---3---|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-----------|-------------------------|-----0---------------0---|-----0---------------2---|
D|-----------------0-------|-----0-----------0-------|---------0---------------|---------0-------0-------|
A|-0-----------------------|---------2---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------2---------------|-3-----------------------|-7-----------8--\5-------|-3-----------------------|
wave O'er the land of the free And the home of the
G + +
E|-3--------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-----0-------0--------|
D|-----------------0----|
A|---------2------------|
E|-3--------------------|
brave?
************************************
|(0) Play only in 2nd pass
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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