The Star Spangled Banner

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This is a two-harmonica arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner. At a couple points, you’ll need to switch harmonicas from a C to a G. I’ve highlighted those spots in bold.

C

6    5   4   5   6   7          8   -8     7
Oh - oh say can you see 	By the dawn's 


G

-6 -7 7 
Early light

C

 6   6   8  -8  7   -7         -6  -7   7  7      6     5   4
What so proudly we hailed	By the twilight's last gleaming

6      5     4       5   6      7        8     -8     7
Whose broad stripes and bright stars	Through the  per -


G

-6 -7 7 
- ilous night

C

 6    6   8   -8  7   -7        -6  -7   7  7  6   5   4
O'er the ramparts we watched	Were so gallantly streaming?

 8   8   8  -9    9    9       -9    8    -8   8  -9  -9
And the rockets' red glare	The bombs bursting in air

-9    8     -8     7    -7      -6   -7   7
Gave proof through the night	That our flag 


G

-6 -7 7 
Was still there

C

6   7    7   7    -7  -6   -6   -6      
Oh say, does tha - at star-spangled	

-8   -9    8  -8    7  7    -7
Ban – ne – er  ye – et wa – ave

 6    6  7  -8  8  -9   9               
O'er the la-and of the free		

 7  -8   8  -9  -8   7
And the home of the brave