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The Star Spangled Banner Tab by Jimi Hendrix

The Star Spangled Banner tab by Jimi Hendrix

Guitar Tab

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
  harmonic
()    very short note
/     slide
5^ r   bend and release
^^^^  heavy vibrato
h p   hammer, pulloff
7h9tr trill
WB    whammy bar slamming
WB\   divebomb
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
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--------------------
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----------------
D -------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              * FB turns note into
                                                harmonic
                                              ** Slowly
                                              release bend as feedback
                                              comes in


  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 ---- 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-------------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-----------

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