Star Spangled Banner Chords & Tabs
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From: rickh@southern.co.nz (Rick Harris)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: REQ: Star Spangled Banner, Jimmi Hendrix
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 02:28:32 GMT
The Star Spangled Banner
as played by Jimi Hendrix live at Woodstock
tabbed by rickh@southern.co.nz
"We play it the way the air is in America today. The air is slightly
static isn't it ? You know what I mean ? " -Jimi
1+++ let ring
~ univibe pedal.Can be approximated with wah wah or whammy bar.
FB feedback
<12> harmonic
() very short note
/ slide
5^ r bend and release
^^^^ heavy vibrato
h p hammer, pulloff
7h9tr trill
WB whammy bar slamming
WB\ divebomb
Blank spaces in the tab mark untranscribable whammy noises.
Tune guitar down to E flat.
0:00 FB FB ***
E -----------0-~-~-~-~-4-2-0++++---------------------------------|
B 0++++---0+++++++++++------------------------------0--0--(7^)9--|
G --1+++1--------------------1*-(1/)3-4---<11**>-----------------|
D ----2----------------------------------------------------------|
A ---------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
* Barely audible due to feedback
** Feedback turns note into harmonic
*** some open strings are slightly
ringing out while this bend is
played
0:17
E -----------------------------------------0-~-~-~-~-~--|
B 7-5-h7p5-\4---2-4-5-5--0-----0--------0--0-~-~-~-~-~--|
G -------------------------1-----1---1^^^---------------|
D ---------------------------2+++--2--------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------|
0:33 FB FB
E 4h5tr-2h4tr-0--------------------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------------------0-0--7^9**-----|
G ---------------1/3\1/3/4/6/8^^^^6h8p6h8p6-4h6p4--<11*>---------------|
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
* FB turns note into
harmonic
** Slowly
release bend as feedback
comes in
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jimi_hendrix/star_spangled_banner_tab_ver_2.html ]
0:49 FB
E -------------------------------------4-4-4-5-7-7----13^(14)--|
B 5-(5/)7-^r--5h7p5\4---2-4-5-5-0------------------------------|
G --------------------------------1----------------------------|
D ----------------------------------2--------------------------|
A -------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------|
1:05 1:09 1:14 1:22
wb wb wb wb
E ---- -12*12*12*--- -0-----12^-12^- **12^14^15----- **12^14^15-|
B 0*-- -12*12*12*--- -0------------- --------------- -----------|
G 0*-- ------------- -0------------- -----------0-0- -----------|
D ---- ------------- --------------- --------------- -----------
A ---- ------------- --------------- --------------- -----------
E ---- ------------- --------------- --------------- -----------
* These notes are rough guesses. Just go for it
** bend up then bend some more
1:31 1:34 1:48
wb wb\ wb wb\
E --- --- 5-4-2-4-5-5-----------0--~-~-~--/8p5h8p5p8**- ----------|
B 0*- --- ----------------------0--~-~-~--------------- 0*--------|
G 0*- 14- --------------------------------------------- 0*--------|
D 0*- --- ------------8---8---8++++~+~+~--------------- ----------|
A --- 12- --------------7---7-------------------------- ----------|
E --- --- --------------------------------------------- ----------|
* Guess ** Drop bar
while
hammering
2:11
wb\ wb\ WB
E ---<3>- 0----- (19^)20-19--15-15--^^^--------15^----|
B 0------ 0--0-- ------------------------13^----------|
G ------- ------ -------------------------------------|
D ------- ------ -------------------------------------|
A ------- ------ -------------------------------------|
E ------- ------ -------------------------------------|
2:20 FB wah wah on treble
E -----------------------------------------------------4----4----4-|
B 10--9--7h9p7\5-4---2--4--5-----------------------5--5----5----5--|
G ----------------------------1*--/3--/4------(2/)2--4----4----4+--|
D -----------------------------------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
*Jimi's G string is about half a
semitone sharp by now (!)
2:43
E --------0++++++---------------------------------(0)------------|
B ----5+++++5--4-2--2--2-4-5-7-9-10--9-7--h9p7-5--(4/)5---4------|
G 4-4------------------------------------------------------------|
D ---------------------------------------------------------------|
A ---------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
3:10 FB WB\
E ------0--2-/4--5--7---<19*>----------0--2--4--5-4h5tr-2h4tr-0--|
B 0--0--------0--------------------------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------------------------------------|
D ---------------------------------------------------------------|
A ---------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
*FB turns note into harmonic
E ----------------0----0---0--|
B /5--/8---10-----0----0---0--|
G /6--/9---11-----1-----------|
D /7--/10--12-----2-----------|
A /7--/10--12-----2-----------|
E /5--/8---10--\--0-----------|
