ARTIST: Francis Scott Key; September 14, 1814 - Fort McHenry. SONG: "The Star Spangled Banner" (United States of America's National Anthem) TABBER: Master Disaster TUNING: E - A - D - G - B - E (Standard) e---------------0~-4-2-0------------------4-2-0-------------0-0-------------------| B-0---------0----------------------0~--0-0-----------4---2-4-------0--------------| G---1----1-----------------1--3-----------------------------------------1---------| D------2---------------------------------------------------------------------2~---| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? e---------------0~-4-2-0------------------4-2-0-------------0-0-------------------| B-0---------0----------------------0~--0-0-----------4---2-4-------0--------------| G---1----1-----------------1--3-----------------------------------------1---------| D------2---------------------------------------------------------------------2~---| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight; O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. e-4--4-4-5-7-7~-5-4-2-4-5-5~--5-4-2-0-----------0---------0-----------------------| B------------------------------------------------4--2-4------------0~-------------| G------------------------------------------------------------1--3-----------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. e---------0-0--0-----------2--5-4------------------0-2-4-5-7~~--------------------| B-0--0----------4-2--2-2----------5--5--4~-0-0------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave. O'er the land of the free e-0--2--4---5---2---0~~~----------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| and the home of the brave? *** e---------------0~-4-2-0------------------4-2-0-------------0-0-------------------| B-0---------0----------------------0~--0-0-----------4---2-4-------0--------------| G---1----1-----------------1--3-----------------------------------------1---------| D------2---------------------------------------------------------------------2~---| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| On the shore dimly seen, thro' the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, e---------------0~-4-2-0------------------4-2-0-------------0-0-------------------| B-0---------0----------------------0~--0-0-----------4---2-4-------0--------------| G---1----1-----------------1--3-----------------------------------------1---------| D------2---------------------------------------------------------------------2~---| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? e-4--4-4-5-7-7~-5-4-2-4-5-5~--5-4-2-0-----------0---------0-----------------------| B------------------------------------------------4--2-4------------0~-------------| G------------------------------------------------------------1--3-----------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream; e---------0-0--0-----------2--5-4------------------0-2-4-5-7~~--------------------| B-0--0----------4-2--2-2----------5--5--4~-0-0------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 'Tis the star-spangled banner: oh, long may it wave. O'er the land of the free e-0--2--4---5---2---0~~~----------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| and the home of the brave. *** e---------------0~-4-2-0------------------4-2-0-------------0-0-------------------| B-0---------0----------------------0~--0-0-----------4---2-4-------0--------------| G---1----1-----------------1--3-----------------------------------------1---------| D------2---------------------------------------------------------------------2~---| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion e---------------0~-4-2-0------------------4-2-0-------------0-0-------------------| B-0---------0----------------------0~--0-0-----------4---2-4-------0--------------| G---1----1-----------------1--3-----------------------------------------1---------| D------2---------------------------------------------------------------------2~---| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution. e-4--4-4-5-7-7~-5-4-2-4-5-5~--5-4-2-0-----------0---------0-----------------------| B------------------------------------------------4--2-4------------0~-------------| G------------------------------------------------------------1--3-----------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| No refuge could save the hireling and slave. From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, e---------0-0--0-----------2--5-4------------------0-2-4-5-7~~--------------------| B-0--0----------4-2--2-2----------5--5--4~-0-0------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave. O'er the land of the free e-0--2--4---5---2---0~~~----------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| and the home of the brave. *** e---------------0~-4-2-0------------------4-2-0-------------0-0-------------------| B-0---------0----------------------0~--0-0-----------4---2-4-------0--------------| G---1----1-----------------1--3-----------------------------------------1---------| D------2---------------------------------------------------------------------2~---| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Oh, thus be it ever when free men shall stand, Between their loved homes and the war's desolation; e---------------0~-4-2-0------------------4-2-0-------------0-0-------------------| B-0---------0----------------------0~--0-0-----------4---2-4-------0--------------| G---1----1-----------------1--3-----------------------------------------1---------| D------2---------------------------------------------------------------------2~---| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land. Praise the Power that has made and preserved us as a nation. e-4--4-4-5-7-7~-5-4-2-4-5-5~--5-4-2-0-----------0---------0-----------------------| B------------------------------------------------4--2-4------------0~-------------| G------------------------------------------------------------1--3-----------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"; e---------0-0--0-----------2--5-4------------------0-2-4-5-7~~--------------------| B-0--0----------4-2--2-2----------5--5--4~-0-0------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave. O'er the land of the free e-0--2--4---5---2---0~~~----------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| and the home of the brave. END
