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
<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 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---<11**>-----------------
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--<11*>--------------
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 ---<3>- 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---<19*>----------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-----------
E MajorE flat. 0:00 FB FB ***
BB 0++++---0+++++++++++------------------------------0--0--(7^)9--
G+G --1+++1--------------------1*-(1/)3-4---<11**>-----------------
D MajorD ----2----------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ---------------------------------------------------------------
