Transcribed & tabbed by Jere Haakana.
Steve Vai is da man, I guess you know it already. He played this version
of Star Spangled Banner at some big stadium a few years ago. It's easy
to play this, except the tapping at the end which can be a bit tricky but
nothing a couple hours of practice couldn't fix. This song is made for
raping, I'd say that every guitarist has sometimes played this tune, with
teeth or pick. Anyway, go to http://www.vai.com and get the video of this.
Star Spangled Banner as performed by Steve Vai
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7p4--|---------------------12-----16----14--|--12-----------------------
-----|--4-----8-----11----------------------|---------8-----10----------
-----|---------------------9-~~~--13\---11--|--9-~~~--------------------
-----|--2~~~--6~~~--9-~~~-------------------|---------6~~~--8-~~~-------
-----|--------------------------------------|---------------------------
-----|--------------------------------------|---------------------------
----11-------------|--11------------------------------|-----------------
----11-------------|--12-----14--12-----11-----9--11--|--12-----12------
11--11-----11--11--|--11----------------11------------|-----------------
11--11-------------|--9------11--9------11-----6--8---|--9-~~~--9-------
9---9-~~~--9---9---|--9-~~~-------------9-~~~---------|-----------------
-------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------
-------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------
-----7--------------------------|---------------------12-----16---------
-----------8-----4-----11----8--|--4-----8-----11-----------------------
~~~--4~~~-----------------------|---------------------9-~~~--13\--------
-----------6~~~--2~~~--9-\---6--|--2~~~--6~~~--9-~~~--------------------
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------
tremolo picked
----|-----------------------------------------2-----0--0--0-------------
14--|--12--------------------------7----------5-----5--4--2--0----0-----
----|---------8-----10----8----10--6----------4--------------4--1/3-----
11--|--9-~~~-----------------------4----------2-------------------------
----|---------6~~~--8-\---6/---8---------2/4----------------------------
----|-------------------------------------------------------------------
----|-------------------------------------------------------------------
pinch harmonic flutter bar
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-0-------------------------------------------------------|--------------
\1-------------------------------------------------------|--------------
----2/4\2p1----------------------------------------4--4--|--------------
-------------2--2--2--2^--(2)--(2)^--1-------------------|--------------
----------------------------------------2--1/2~~~--2--2--|--------------
---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
tremolo picked
------------------------------------------------------------------------
16--14--12-----11-----9--11--12-----12-----7----------------------------
---------------11------------12-----12-----------8-----4----------------
13--11--9------11-----6--8---12-----12-----4~~~-------------------------
---------------9-~~~--7--9---10~~~--10~~~--------6~~~--2~~~-------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------4--2--0----
tremolo picked
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|--16--16--16-----17-----19---------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|--13--13--13~~~--14~~~--16---------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
bend until B string
frets out and dive with bar tremolo picked
--------------------------|-------------------------------17------------
---19-~~~-----------------|--17--16--14-----16-----17-----17------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------
---16^---~~~--------------|--14--13--11~~~--13~~~--14-----14------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------
dive volume knob swells
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0------0--------|--9-----8~~~--6-----4-----3~~~-----------3-----4-------
-\-/----\-------|-----------------------------------6-------------------
----------\-----|-------------------------------------------------------
------------\---|-------------------------------------------------------
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with wah and tons of delay
----------------|-----------6^--6^--6^--------------------7/9--11^------
----------------|--7-----7--------------9^--(9)--9--9~~~----------------
----------------|-------------------------------------------------------
1-----3^--4~~~--|-------------------------------------------------------
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trills t
(11)--9h11p9--|--7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9p6h7h9p7p6h9p6h7h9p7p6--11p7p6p4h6------
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t t t
p4h6p4p2--11p2h4h6p4p2--11p2h4h6p4p2--11p2h4h6p4p2-------t----t----t----
----------------------------------------------------3h4--7p4--7p4--7----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-t--t-------------------------------------------------------------------
p4--7p4p3p2\1--t----t----t----t----t------------------------------------
---------------7p4--7p3--7p4--7p3--6p4p3p1------------------------------
--------------------------------------------4p1h2h4p2p1-----------------
---------------------------------------------------------6p4p2----------
----------------------------------------------------------------6p2-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
pick scratch
--------------------|-----------7~~~--9-----11-----12-----14~~~\--------
--------------------|--7--7---------------------------------------------
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------
-----------x~~~-----|---------------------------------------------------
h4h6p2~~~-----------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|--7-----9-----11~~~--12-----9~~~-------------|---------2--2--2---------
|---------------------------------------------|---------3--3--3---------
|---------------------------------------------|--12-----2--2--2---------
|-------------------------------------12--12--|--12-----4--4--4---------
|-------------------------------------10--10--|--10~~~--0--0--0~~~------
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------
press bar down and release
0--------7-----||-------------------------------------------------------
2--------7-----||-------------------------------------------------------
4--------9-----||-------------------------------------------------------
2--------9-----||-------------------------------------------------------
0~~~-----7-----||-------------------------------------------------------
---------7-----||-------------------------------------------------------
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