Star Spangled Banner Lyrics
by Jimi Hendrix
this song is in the tunning of Eb or dropped 1/2 step and if you think you can reproduce
entire song perfectly with these incredible sounds he prduced, you better break your
over your head. This song can not be perfectly reproduced and can't be played without a
fender stratocaster guitar like Jimi's.
Tunning: half a step-Eb
legend:
/= slide up to
\=alide down to
h=hammer on
p=pull off
b=bend(the pitch of the bend is above the staff)
~=vibrato
(?)=the previous note(s) ring out action
fdbk=feedback(pitch is next to it)
tr=trill on as fast as you can
X=muted note strummed
x=rake
(==) =trem pick or a.k.a pick as fast as you can
pb=pre bend or to bend before striking note
rb=release the bend
w/fuzz face & univibe
fdbk F#
* let ring_____________________ fdbkF# fdbkF#
|----1-|---1------|-----|------------------|----1-(1)-3/|4~~~(4)~~~-3/4--4-|
*=read intro and legend before starting
full full let ring
|--7b--7pb-(7)rb---5-h7p5|-4---4\2--4-|-------0-----|----0---|-----0-|
let ring____ tr~~ tr~~ 1/2 1/2
|-0----|-(0)-2/4--4h5-4\2h4-2p|0------------|-------------------------|
|------|----------------------|-----1/3\1/3/|4/7\6--6/8b-rb(8)b--rb---|
hold bend________
fdbkF# full grad. release fbdkF#
|---------------------------------------|---7b------|-(7)----(7)rb-----|
|(8)\6h8p6h8p6\4h6p4--(4)~~~--(0)--4--4-|-----------|------------------|
1/2 poco accel.
|--5--5h7--(7)b--(7)rbp5h7p5\|4~~--4\2--4--|-------0-----|
impression of sympathetic vibration
re-attack of the low E string
full w/bar w/bar______
|--grad release-|--------------------------|
|-/17b--(17)rb--|-0-----(0)---0--(0)---0---|
-2 1/2 -1 -1-------| 1/2 slight trem but not too fast
w/bar
trem_____ trem_ w/bar harm.
|-(0)----==----------==-----------------------3---------------|
1 1/2 w/bar fdbk 1 1/2 full
|-15b--------(15)rb------15b-rb----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------p0-----p0-----p0------X-13bp0--|
|-------------------(0)-----------------------p0-----p0-----p0------X--------|
|--------------------------------10/12-16\0/19p0h7/16p0h7/19p0h7/13-X--------|
grad. release
1 1/2 2 2 full 2 full
|----15b--(15)-(15)---(15)rb---X-17--(17)b-(17)(17)(17)rb-|
harm ΘT harm fdbkF# w/bar fdbk 1 1/2
|-~2p0--------13----13----X------------12----(12)----(12)------------------|
|-~3p0------0-13----13----X--------------12--------------------------------|
|-~4p0---X\-0-==--12==----X------------------------------------------------|
|-~4p0---X\-0-------------X-----------------------------------/14b(14)\----|
|------0-X\------------12-X-11-11-11-12-----------------------/14b(14)\----|
ΘT=thumb on 6
=mic. fdbk:not string vib
="choke" stgs w/ fret hand
|-0----(0)----------|-------------|-----|----7h--7h----------------|
w/bar________________________________________________________________
-2 1/2________
w/bar w/bar-1 -1 1/2
|--------0----/13-|-(13)h---13h---13h---13h--------|
|-(0)/18----------|------12h---12h---12h---0/13h---|
|-(0)/18----------|-----------------------------12h|
-2 -1 =depress bar while
hammering on from
nowhere.
poco accel. w/bar(very wide vib.)
w/bar
w/bar__ fdbkC# w/bar
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------0----0-(0)-----------h17--|
-2 slack B-1 -1 1/2--------|
w/bar_________________ ╖
|h0-(0)-(0)-(0)---(0)------------------------------|
|h0-(0)-(0)-(0)---(0)--0--0------------------------|
-1 1/2 -1 1/2 ╖=univibe creates the
impression of re-attack
w/bar(vib. &
desend simult-
aneously)
w/bar 1 1/2 fdbkG# 2/full fdbk
|------------------------------p0--/17b--(17)rb--------------0------------|
|-----0-------------------------0---==----------17pb--(17)~--0-16b--------|
|-----0-----------------------------------------------------0--16b--(16)--|
|-h15p0---h16pXh16pXh16pXh16pX--------------------------------------------|
|---------h16pXh16pXh16pXh16pX--------------------------------------------|
|---------h16pXh16pXh16pXh16pX--------------------------------------------|
-2 1/2 =1st/2nd string bent
simultaneosouly w/ 3rd finger
w/bar
full__2 ╝ w/bar w/bar
|---17b------(17)~----0-(0)---------------------|
|------------------X/h0-(0)--h11h0------(0)-----|
|------------------X/h0-(0)---------------------|
|------------------X/h--------------------------|
╝=other pitches -2 1/2 -1
created by effects
rit____
fdbk univibe &
fdbkC#______ A wah-wah off
wah on & off wah on
δ=rock wah back n' forth quickly
creating rhytmic effect of sixteenth
note triplets
-1/2 wah off
|---------------------|----4b~~~~~(4)~~~~~~~-|-4---|(4)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
poco rit. fdbk_____
-1/2____________________-1_______________________
w/bar
fdbk___________________________________________________
-1_____________________ -1 -2-----------------|________
|▼(4)(4)---------------(0)--------------------------------|
▼=fret B silently -1 1/2_______
& allow it to feedback
fdbk____________
-2______________ σ fdbk w/bar_
|-----------------X------------|--0-----2-2/4---5--|-7-----(7)-----~~~~~|
σ=don't pick
w/bar_______
|~~(7)\----0------0--2/-|
w/bar__ w/bar____ fdbkB T
|-/4~~~h5p4h5p4\2h4p2h4p2p0~|~(0)~~(0)--(0)------|-5--|
w/bar
T T fdbkG# F#
|/8-----10----------|-0------------(0)~~~|
please comment! this took me like 3hrs to fully do and
hendrix is god!
email: cjdabest@cox.net
tabber:Cody C.
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