Sufjan Stevens - The Star Spangled Banner Chords & Tabs

 

The Star Spangled Banner Chords & Tabs

Sufjan Stevens Chords & Tabs

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The Star Spangled Banner Chords

   
So, one of my friends played this song at an Open Mic, and after looking it
up, I realized there's no charts for it anywhere online, and its actually 
pretty hard to find in general. Sufjan was making quite a statement when he 
first played this song; look it up, its pretty funny. Simple but powerful 
song. E Standard Tuning; no capo.

Intro: G  D  Bm E (2x)

G      D           Bm  E   G         D           Bm    E
  Oh, say can you see,       by the dawns early light,
G            D         Bm    E   G          D              Bm      E
  What so proudly we hailed       at the twilights last gleaming?

(I play half the intro here)

G                D                Bm    E   G              D        Bm    E
  Whose broad stripes and bright stars,       through the perilous fight,
G          D           Bm      E      G          D           Bm       E
  Oer the ramparts we watched, oh-oh    were so gallantly streaming?

Pre-Chorus:
G           D            Bm            E            G
   And the rockets red glare, and the bombs in the air,
          D                Bm              E              G
Gave us proof through the night that our flag was still there.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sufjan_stevens/the_star_spangled_banner_crd.html ]
Chorus: (I think all the lyrics here are right)
          D                Bm              E           G
And the flag marked with blood, with the blood of our hands
         D                 Bm               E         G
And our hands marked with death, with the blood of a man
       D           Bm             E           G
And a man on the cross, and the cross on our hearts
        D            Bm             E         G
Has it done nothing more, than to drive us apart?

Pre-Chorus:
G           D            Bm            E            G
   And the rockets red glare, and the bombs in the air,
          D                Bm              E              G
Gave us proof through the night that our flag was still there.

Chorus:
          D                Bm              E           G
And the flag marked with blood, with the blood of our hands
         D                 Bm               E         G
And our hands marked with death, with the blood of a man
       D           Bm             E           G
And a man on the cross, and the cross on our hearts
        D            Bm             E         G
Has it done nothing more, than to drive us apart?

Outro:
G    D              Bm       E             G                      
  O say, does that star (oh say does that star)
          D          Bm             E          G
Spangled banner yet wave (spangled banner yet wave)
           D            Bm           E            G                
  Oer the land of the free (oer the land of the free)
         D            Bm             E 
And the home of the brave? (and the home of the brave?)

(Fade out on same chord progression)