Jimi Hendrix Experience

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Star Spankled Banner guitar tab

+++ let ring

~ univibe pedal.Can be approximated with wah wah or whammy bar.

FB feedback

<12> 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---<11**>-----------------

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--<11*>--------------

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 ---<3>- 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---<19*>----------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-----------

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