The Star‐Spangled Banner
Key of G · Chords: I II III IV V VI ii vi
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
G D Em B7 Em A7 D O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, D7 G D7 G What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Verse 2
G D Em B7 Em A7 D Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, D7 G D7 G O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
Verse 3
G D D7 And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, G D Em A7 D Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
Verse 4
D7 G C E7 Am C Am G5 D O say does that star-spangled banner yet wa-ve D7 Em G Em D G D G O'er the land of the freeeeee and the home of the brave?