The Star Spangled Banner tab by Jimi Hendrix

Tabs

The Star Spangled Banner
as played by Jimi Hendrix live at Woodstock

tabbed by [email protected]

"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
 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 MajorE flat.

 0:00             FB      FB        ***
E MajorE -----------0-~-~-~-~-4-2-0++++---------------------------------
BB 0++++---0+++++++++++------------------------------0--0--(7^)9--
G+G --1+++1--------------------1*-(1/)3-4--------------------
D MajorD ----2----------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ---------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------------------
               * 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 MajorE -----------------------------------------0-~-~-~-~-~--
BB 7-5-h7p5-\4---2-4-5-5--0-----0--------0--0-~-~-~-~-~--
G+G -------------------------1-----1---1^^^---------------
D MajorD ---------------------------2+++--2--------------------
A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------


 0:33                       FB    FB
E MajorE 4h5tr-2h4tr-0------------------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------------------0-0--7^9**----
G+G ---------------1/3\1/3/4/6/8^^^^6h8p6h8p6-4h6p4----------------
D MajorD -------------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA -------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------------
                       * FB turns note into
                        harmonic
                       ** Slowly
                       release bend as feedback
                       comes in

 0:49                       FB
E MajorE -------------------------------------4-4-4-5-7-7----13^(14)--
BB 5-(5/)7-^r--5h7p5\4---2-4-5-5-0------------------------------
G+G --------------------------------1----------------------------
D MajorD ----------------------------------2--------------------------
A augmentedA -------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------


 1:05  1:09     1:14      1:22
 wb       wb  wb     wb
E MajorE ---- -12*12*12*--- -0-----12^-12^- **12^14^15----- **12^14^15-
BB 0*-- -12*12*12*--- -0------------- --------------- -----------
G+G 0*-- ------------- -0------------- -----------0-0- -----------
D MajorD ---- ------------- --------------- --------------- -----------
A augmentedA ---- ------------- --------------- --------------- -----------
E MajorE ---- ------------- --------------- --------------- -----------
  * 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 MajorE --- --- 5-4-2-4-5-5-----------0--~-~-~--/8p5h8p5p8**- ------
BB 0*- --- ----------------------0--~-~-~--------------- 0*------
G+G 0*- 14- --------------------------------------------- 0*-------
D MajorD 0*- --- ------------8---8---8++++~+~+~--------------- --------
A augmentedA --- 12- --------------7---7-------------------------- --------
E MajorE --- --- --------------------------------------------- --------
  * Guess                      ** Drop bar
                            while
hammering

         2:11
 wb\   wb\                  WB
E MajorE ---- 0----- (19^)20-19--15-15--^^^--------15^---
BB 0------ 0--0-- ------------------------13^--------
G+G ------- ------ -----------------------------------
D MajorD ------- ------ ----------------------------------
A augmentedA ------- ------ ----------------------------
E MajorE ------- ------ ----------------------------

 2:20                 FB  wah wah on treble
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------4----4----4-
BB 10--9--7h9p7\5-4---2--4--5-----------------------5--5----5----5--
G+G ----------------------------1*--/3--/4------(2/)2--4----4----4+--
D MajorD -----------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA -----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------------------
                *Jimi's G+G string is about half a
                semitone sharp by now (!)

 2:43
E MajorE --------0++++++---------------------------------(0)------------
BB ----5+++++5--4-2--2--2-4-5-7-9-10--9-7--h9p7-5--(4/)5---4------
G+G 4-4------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD ---------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ---------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------------------


 3:10          FB  WB\
E MajorE ------0--2-/4--5--7-------------0--2--4--5-4h5tr-2h4tr-0--
BB 0--0--------0--------------------------------------------------
G+G ---------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD ---------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ---------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------------------
              *FB turns note into harmonic


E MajorE ----------------0----0---0--
BB /5--/8---10-----0----0---0--
G+G /6--/9---11-----1-----------
D MajorD /7--/10--12-----2-----------
A augmentedA /7--/10--12-----2-----------
E MajorE /5--/8---10--\--0-----------