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Star-Spangled Banner (American National Anthem)

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|----------0------------------------|-----4--2-0-----------------------------|
|-0------0----------7b-7-5----------|------------4-----2-4-5--5--------------|
|--1---1--------------------1-3-4---|-4-4-----------------------4-1----------|
|---2-------------------------------|-------------------------------2--------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
                    ^full bend

|-----------------------------------|-----4--2-0-----------------------------|
|----------5--------7b-7-5----------|------------4-----2-4-5--5--------------|
|-41---1-4------------------1-3-4---|-4-4-----------------------4-1----------|
|---2-------------------------------|-------------------------------2--------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
                    ^full bend

|-4-4-4-5-7--7------5-4-2-4-5--5----|-5-4----2-0-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------4--------2-4-5--------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------1-3-4--------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


|------------------2--5-4-2---------|---------2-4-5-7------0-2-4--5-2--------|
|---5-5-5\4-2-2-2-----------5-5--\4-|-----5-----------------------------5----|
|-4---------------------------------|-4-4------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
         ^slide                  ^slide

Note: Once you've mastered this easy but impressive melody (everyone knows it), you can
work on Jimi Hendrix's version, but good luck - I wouldn't even know where to begin!