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UG, Please remove ALL other copies of O Canada (also misspelled as Oh Canada) on your site under Misc and Misc traditional as they are all wrong (including my previous one). The below transcription is directly from the official sheet music provided by the Canadian government.
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O Canada
Tabbed by: Brian Bonner
Email: babonner at gmail dot com
This is transcribed directly from the official sheet music of "O Canada".
Information on the history of the Canadian national anthem can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
. - note dotted
H Q. E H. Q Q Q Q Q
e||-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
B||-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
G||-----------------------|---------------------|------------------7----|
D||--7--------10------10--|---------------------|--7----8----10---------|
A||-----------------------|--8------------10----|-----------------------|
E||-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
H. Q H Q. E H. Q
---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
---------------------|---------------------|----------------7----|
---------------------|--7--------9------9--|--10-----------------|
--10-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Q Q Q Q H. E. S Q. E Q E. S
----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
--9----9----7----7----|-----------------------|------------------------|
----------------------|--10-----------------7-|--8------7--------7---8-|
----------------------|----------------10-----|------------10----------|
----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
Q. E Q E. S Q Q Q Q H. E. S
-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
-------------------------|--7--------------------|-----------------------|
--10------8--7----8---10-|-------10----8----7----|---------------------7-|
-------------------------|-----------------------|--10------------10-----|
-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Q. E Q E. S Q. E Q Q Q Q E E E E
------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
--8------7--------7---8-|--10------8--7----7----|--------10----10--9--7--9--|
------------10----------|-----------------------|--10-----------------------|
------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
W H Q. E W
--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
--10----------------|--7--------10------10--|-------------------|
--------------------|-----------------------|--8----------------|
--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
H Q. E W H Q. E
---------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
---------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
-----------7------7--|--------------------|------------------------|
--8------------------|--------------------|--10--------11------11--|
---------------------|--10----------------|------------------------|
---------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
Q Q Q Q H H W
-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
--7--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
-------8----7----------|---------------------|--7----------------|
-----------------10----|--8--------10--------|-------------------|
-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
Traditional Ending
H Q. E Q Q Q Q H H
------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
------------10------10--|--7--------------------|--7------------------------|
--10--------------------|-------8----7----------|---------------------------|
------------------------|-----------------10----|---------------------7-----|
------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
Contemporary Sports Ending
W H H
-------------------||--------------------------------------|
-------------------||--------------------------------------|
-------------------||--7--------------------------9--------|
-------------------||--------------------------------------|
--8----------------||--------------------------------------|
-------------------||--------------------------------------|
W
--------------------||
--------------------||
--10----------------||
--------------------||
--------------------||
--------------------||
Lyrics From Government of Canada's Homepage:
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
