🎸 The Star Spangled Banner tab by Jimi Hendrix

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

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-----------