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The Star‐Spangled Banner

Key of G · Chords: I II III IV V VI ii vi

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Verse 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?