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Star Spangled Banner/Green Beret (C Major)
Artist: Francis Sott key/Barry Sadler    Roman Numerals: I, IV, V    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]    Entered by: Leadpencil9   
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C
(C,E,G)
x,3,2,0,1,0
- C E G C E
F
(F,A,C)
F C F A C F
G
(G,B,D)
G B D G B G


Verse
A|-------|---------------3-----------|
E|-----0-|------0---------------------|
C|-------|-0-------------------------|
g|-0-----|----------0---------------|
Oh         say can you see
A|--7-5--3----------------------------|
E|------------0------2---------------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|-------------------------0------|
By     the dawns early light
A|----------7------5---3----2----------|
E|------3---------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|--0-----------------------------|
What so proudly we hailed
A|--0--2---3---3-----------------------|
E|-----------------------0----------|
C|----------------------------0-----|
g|------------------0-------------|
At the twilights last gleaming

Verse
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Fighting soldiers from the sky
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Fearless men		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] who jump and die
[FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] Men who mean		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] just what they say
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] The brave men		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] of the Green Beret

Chorus
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Silver wings upon their chest
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] These are men,		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] America's best
[FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] One hundred men		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] will test today
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] But only three		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] win the Green Beret

Verse
A|-------------------------------3--|
E|--------0------------0-------------|
C|---------------0------------------|
g|-0-----------------------0-------|
Who’s broad strips and bright stars
A|--7----5---3------------------------|
E|---------------0----2--------------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|--------------------------0-----|
Through the perilous fight
A|----------7------5---3----2----------|
E|------3---------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|--0-----------------------------|
O’er the ramparts we watched
A|--0----2---3----3--------------------|
E|-------------------------0--------|
C|-----------------------------0----|
g|---------------------0----------|
Were so gallantly streaming

Verse
C [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Trained to live, off nature's land
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Trained in combat,		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] hand to hand
[FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] Men who fight		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] by night and day
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Courage take,		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] from the Green Beret

Chorus
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Silver wings upon their chest
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] These are men,		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] America's best
[FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] One hundred men		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] will test today
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] But only three		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] win the Green Beret

Verse
A|---7---7----7---8---10---10--------------|
E|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------|
And the rockets   red   glare
A|---8---7------------7---8---8---------|
E|---------------10------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------|
The bombs bursting    in air
A|---8----7--------------------------|
E|---------------10-----8----7---------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------|
Gave proof through the night
A|---0---2---3------------------------|
E|------------------0--2-------------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|--------------------------0-----|
That our flag was still there

Verse
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Back at home a young wife waits
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Her Green Beret		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] has met his fate
[FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] He has died		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] for those oppressed
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Leaving her		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] this last request

Chorus
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Put silver wings on my son's chest
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Make him one		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] of America's best
[FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] He'll be a man		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] they'll test one day
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Have him win		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] the Green Beret

Verse
A|------3---3---3----0-----------------|
E|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|---0----------------------------|
O say does that star
A|--0-----0---5---8-7-5------------------|
E|-------------------------8----8---7-|
C|---------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------|
Spangled banner       yet       wave
A|---------------------7--8---10-------|
E|------------8---10------------------|
C|--------7-------------------------|
g|----0---------------------------|
O’er the land       of the     free
A|------------7----8-----------------|
E|---8---10-----------10--8--8------------|
C|---------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------|
And the home of the brave.
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