Steve Vai - Star Spangled Banner Chords & Tabs

 

Star Spangled Banner Chords & Tabs

Steve Vai Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Tab

Star Spangled Banner Tab

Found this online, There was some stuff that I didn't think was right so I fixed it up a little.

original tab done by Jere Haakana

Key:
~~~Vibrato
\slide up
/slide down
^bend
(2) pinch harmonic
h :hamer on
p :pull off
h2p3 :hammer on pull off
t :trills

Star Spangled Banner: performed by Steve Vai

-----|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
7p4--|---------------------12-----16----14--|--12-----------------------|
-----|--4-----8-----11----------------------|---------8-----10----------|
-----|---------------------9-~~~--13\---11--|--9-~~~--------------------|
-----|--2~~~--6~~~--9-~~~-------------------|---------6~~~--8-~~~-------|
-----|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
-----|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|



----11-------------|--11------------------------------|-----------------|
----11-------------|--12-----14--12-----11-----9--11--|--12-----12------|
11--11-----11--11--|--11----------------11------------|-----------------|
11--11-------------|--9------11--9------11-----6--8---|--9-~~~--9-------|
9---9-~~~--9---9---|--9-~~~-------------9-~~~---------|-----------------|
-------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|
-------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|



--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
-----7--------------------------|---------------------12-----16---------|
-----------8-----4-----11----8--|--4-----8-----11-----------------------|
~~~--4~~~-----------------------|---------------------9-~~~--13\--------|
-----------6~~~--2~~~--9-\---6--|--2~~~--6~~~--9-~~~--------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


                                                 tremolo picked
----|-----------------------------------------2-----0--0--0-------------|
14--|--12--------------------------7----------5-----5--4--2--0----0-----|
----|---------8-----10----8----10--6----------4--------------4--1/3-----|
11--|--9-~~~-----------------------4----------2-------------------------|
----|---------6~~~--8-\---6/---8---------2/4----------------------------|
----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


                   pinch harmonic                  flutter bar
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
-0-------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
\1-------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
----2/4\2p1----------------------------------------4--4--|--------------|
-------------2--2--2--2^--(2)--(2)^--1-------------------|--------------|
----------------------------------------2--1/2~~~--2--2--|--------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------|


tremolo picked
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
16--14--12-----11-----9--11--12-----12-----7----------------------------|
---------------11------------12-----12-----------8-----4----------------|
13--11--9------11-----6--8---12-----12-----4~~~-------------------------|
---------------9-~~~--7--9---10~~~--10~~~--------6~~~--2~~~-------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------4--2--0----|


   tremolo picked
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--16--16--16-----17-----19---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--13--13--13~~~--14~~~--16---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steve_vai/star_spangled_banner_tab.html ]
bend until B string
frets out and dive with bar               tremolo picked
--------------------------|-------------------------------17------------|
---19-~~~-----------------|--17--16--14-----16-----17-----17------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
---16^---~~~--------------|--14--13--11~~~--13~~~--14-----14------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


dive               volume knob swells
----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
0------0--------|--9-----8~~~--6-----4-----3~~~-----------3-----4-------|
-\-/----\-------|-----------------------------------6-------------------|
----------\-----|-------------------------------------------------------|
------------\---|-------------------------------------------------------|
----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|


                   with wah and tons of delay
----------------|-----------6^--6^--6^--------------------7/9--11^------|
----------------|--7-----7--------------9^--(9)--9--9~~~----------------|
----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
1-----3^--4~~~--|-------------------------------------------------------|
----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|


        trills                                          t
(11)--9h11p9--|--7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9p6h7h9p7p6h9p6h7h9p7p6--11p7p6p4h6------|
--------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
--------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
--------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
--------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
--------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
--------------|---------------------------------------------------------|


          t             t             t
p4h6p4p2--11p2h4h6p4p2--11p2h4h6p4p2--11p2h4h6p4p2-------t----t----t----|
----------------------------------------------------3h4--7p4--7p4--7----|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|



-t--t-------------------------------------------------------------------|
p4--7p4p3p2\1--t----t----t----t----t------------------------------------|
---------------7p4--7p3--7p4--7p3--6p4p3p1------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------4p1h2h4p2p1-----------------|
---------------------------------------------------------6p4p2----------|
----------------------------------------------------------------6p2-----|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|


           pick scratch
--------------------|-----------7~~~--9-----11-----12-----14~~~\--------|
--------------------|--7--7---------------------------------------------|
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
-----------x~~~-----|---------------------------------------------------|
h4h6p2~~~-----------|---------------------------------------------------|
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|



|--7-----9-----11~~~--12-----9~~~-------------|---------2--2--2---------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------3--3--3---------|
|---------------------------------------------|--12-----2--2--2---------|
|-------------------------------------12--12--|--12-----4--4--4---------|
|-------------------------------------10--10--|--10~~~--0--0--0~~~------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|


      press bar down and release
0--------7-----||-------------------------------------------------------|
2--------7-----||-------------------------------------------------------|
4--------9-----||-------------------------------------------------------|
2--------9-----||-------------------------------------------------------|
0~~~-----7-----||-------------------------------------------------------|
---------7-----||-------------------------------------------------------|
---------------||-------------------------------------------------------|