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The Star-Spangled Banner

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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--------------------------|
O Dsay can you see by the dawn's early Alight,
What so Dproudly we Bmhailed at the Gtwilight's last Agleaming,
Whose broad Dstripes and bright Bmstars through the Gperilous Afight,
O'er the Dramparts we Bmwatched, were so Ggallantly Astreaming?
And the rockets' red Dglare, the bombs bursting in Bmair,
Gave proof through the Gnight that our flag was still Athere;
O Dsay does that Bmstar-spangled Gbanner yet Awave,
O'er the Dland of the Afree and the Bmhome of Athe Dbrave?
(Guitar solo)
Because we are the Dbrave
Yes we are the Bmbrave
We’ll fight Gtyranny
In the name of the free
We are the U.S. of AA
For those unaDware
That flag is still Bmthere
It’s our future to Gsave
This land of the brave
The U.S. of AA
O Dsay does that Bmstar-spangled Gbanner yet Awave,
O'er the Dland of the Afree and the Bmhome of Athe Dbrave?

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The Star-Spangled Banner

by Madison Rising

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

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)

Because we are the brave

Yes we are the brave

We’ll fight tyranny

In the name of the free

We are the U.S. of A

For those unaware

That flag is still there

It’s our future to save

This land of the brave

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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