This is the closest I've been able to come to figuring out the Star Spangled Banner. If you make any corrections, please let me know. Enjoy! "Star-Spangled Banner" by Frances Scott Key let all notes ring E |----------0------------------------|-----4--2-0-----------------------------| |-0------0-----------7/\7-5---------|------------4-----2-4-5--5--------------| |--1---1--------------------1-3-4---|-4-4-----------------------4-1----------| |---2-------------------------------|-------------------------------2--------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| full bend * repeat (play twice) |-2-2-4-5-7--7------5-4-2-4-5--5----|-5-4----2-0-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------4--------2-4-5--------------| |-----------------------------------|---------------------------1-3-4--------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-----------------2--5-4-2----------|---------2-4-5-7------0-2----5-2--------| |---5-5-5\4-2-2-2----------5-5\4----|-----5-----------------------------5----| |-4---------------------------------|-4-4------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| slide slide From alt.guitar.tab Thu Sep 30 12:51:50 1993 I have just a couple corrections... >|-2-2-4-5-7--7------5-4-2-4-5--5----|-5-4----2-0-----------------------------| >|-----------------------------------|------------4--------2-4-5--------------| >|-----------------------------------|---------------------------1-3-4--------| >|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| >|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| >|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| ^^^ These 2's should be 4's. >|-----------------2--5-4-2----------|---------2-4-5-7------0-2----5-2--------| >|---5-5-5\4-2-2-2----------5-5\4----|-----5-----------------------------5----| >|-4---------------------------------|-4-4------------------------------------| >|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| >|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| >|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| There should be a 4 between 2 and 5 here.^^^ (I assume that "full bend" in the first line means you bend it so that it sounds two frets higher; if that's the case, then that's fine.) Here's some chords that I scraped together (in C, not E): THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (Francis Scott Key) -------------------------------------------- [I suspect that some of these chords are very subject to improvisation; in fact, if you wanted to, you could pretty much play a different chord for each note, by playing C under C, E, or G, F under F, A, or C, and so on, sort of like I did for the very last line. So I just wrote down my own little interpretation.] C G C Am D7 G Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light C G F C G C What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming G C G C Am D7 G Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight C G F C G C O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming C G Dm F And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air C G F C Am D7 G Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there C F Dm Gsus G Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wa - ave C G C F C Am G C O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-== ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-==