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Star Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key
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Oh, say  can you see, by  the dawn's  early light
 What so proudly we hailed  at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose  broad stripes  and bright stars, through  the perilous fight,
 O'er the ramparts we watched  were so valiantly streaming?
 And the rockets'  red glare, the bombs bursting  in air,
 gave proof through  the night  that our flag was still there.
 Oh, say  does that star spangled banner  yet wave,
 o'er the land of  the free, and  the home of the brave?
 On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
 Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
 What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
 As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
 Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
 In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
 O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
 And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
 That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
 A home and a country should leave us no more!
 Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
 No refuge could save the hireling and slave
 From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
 And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
 O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
 Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
 Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
 Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
 Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
 Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
 And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
 And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
 O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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Readable chord sheet for Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key

[G]Oh, [Em]say can [D]you [Em]see, [B7]by the [Em]dawn's ear[A7]ly [D]light
What so [G]proudly [Em]we [D]hailed at the [G]twilight's [Em]last [D]gleam[G]ing?
[G]Whose broad [Em]stripes and [D]bright [Em]stars, [B7]through the [Em]peri[A7]lous [D]fight,
O'er the [G]ramparts [Em]we [D]watched were so [G]valiant[Em]ly [D]streami[G]ng?
And the [G]rockets' red glare, the bombs [D]bursting in air,
gave [G]proof [Em]through the [D]night that our [G]flag [Em]was [A7]still [D]there[D7].
Oh, [G]say does [Em]that [C]star [E7]spangled [Am]banner yet [G]wav[D]e,
o'er the [G]land [D]of the [G]free, [A7]and the [G]home [D]of [D7]the [G]brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!