Well, I finally got around to typing this up, and just in time for your Fourth of July. So I guess that makes it a birthday present. Thanks for Velcro, Stratocasters, and Dennis Miller, you imperialist dogs ;) Warning - this is tough. And it's the easy part. Guy Van Duser does the whole thing on "American Fingerstyle Guitar", Rounder Records. "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (excerpt) Guy Van Duser : arrangement, John Philip Sousa : Composer This is the main melody - the bit children learn as "Be kind to your web-footed friends, for a duck may be somebody's mother"
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Stars And Stripes Forever by Van Duser Guy guitar tabs playing instructions.