The Star-Spangled Banner Chords by Robert Shaw
- Key: Bb
- BPM: 79
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] F Bb Dm Gm C7 F ■ ■ O say can you see by the dawn's early light Bb F Eb F Bb What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming [Chorus] Gm C7 F Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight Bb F Eb Bb F Bb O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly ■ streaming [Break] F7 And the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air Bb Bbmaj7 Gm F Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there [Chorus] Bb Cm7 Bb Eb O say does that starspangled banner yet wave Cm Bb F Bb Cm7 Bb O'er the land of ■ the free and the home of the brave [Intro] Gm D C7 F On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep Bb Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes Bbmaj7 Bb D Gm C7 F What is that which the breeze o'er the towering ■ steep Bb F7 Bb As it fitfully blows half conceals half discloses Bb F7 Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam Bb Dm Gm Cm F In full glory reflected now shines in the stream Bb Cm7 Bb Eb 'tis the starspangled banner O long may it wave Cm Bb F Bb O'er the land of the free ■ and the home of the brave Eb Bb ■ And where is that band who so vauntingly swore F Gm C7 F Bb That the havoc of war and the battle's ■ confusion F A home and a Country should leave us no more Bb Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution F Gm No refuge could save the hireling and slave C7 F Bb From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave [Break] F Eb Bb F Bb ■ And the starspangled banner in triumph doth wave Bb O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave F7 O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Bb Dsus4 Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation D Gm C7 F Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land [Chorus] Bb Cm7 Eb Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation Cm Gm F Then conquer we must when our cause it is just Bb And this be our motto In God is our trust F Bb Bb7 Eb Fsus4 And the starspangled banner ■ in triumph shall wave F7 Bb O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave [End]