The Star-Spangled Banner 2nd harp (Chrom)

The Star-Spangled Banner 2nd harp
Lyrics by Francis Scott Key
Music by John Stafford Smith
Key of Bb Major	Range: Bb3 to Bb4

This is the 2nd harpist’s part of The Star-Spangled Banner Harp Quartet. It requires either a 16 Hole “C” Chromatic or a 12 hole Tenor “C” Chromatic

Tab Notations:	none = blow    - = draw    
* = button in     . = on lower register       ____= hold    
-3*__-3 = slide smoothly from one note to next


3/4 Time


    -1  -1  -.3*  -1  -2  -2_____ -2     2   -1
 1. Oh,__  say,  can you  see____ by    the dawn’s
 2. On the shore dim-ly   seen___ thro’ the mists
 3. And___ where  is that band___ who   so  vaunt-
 4. Oh,___ thus   be  it  ev__ - _er    when free-  

    -1  1   1____  -2    -2  -2_____ -1* -2   -2____
 1. ear-ly  light, What  so  proud – ly   we  hail’d 
 2. of  the deep,  Where the foe’s haught-y    host_
 3.-ing-ly  swore, That  the hav - oc    of    war__
 4.-men shall stand Be   –   tween their loved home_

   -1* -1*   -1  -3*     -2   -1 -.3*   -.3*   -.3*
 1. at the   twi-light’s last gleaming, Whose  broad
 2. in dread si – lance  re – po - ses, What   is
 3. and the  bat - tle’s con– fu -sion, A___________
 4. and wild war’s des – o – la – tion; Blessed with

    -.3*    -1  -2     -2___  -2     -1*  -1   -1  1
 1. stripes and bright stars, thro’  the  per--il--ous 
 2. that   with the   breeze, o’er   the  tow--er--ing
 3. home   and  a     coun – try   should leave us  no
 4. vic – t’ry  and   peace, may    the heav’n-res-cued

    1_______ -2     -2    -2       -1*   -2     -2________
 1. fight,__ O’er   the   ram___ – parts we     watch’d,__
 2. steep,__ As     it    fit___ – ful – ly     blows,____
 3. more?___ Their        blood_   has   wash’d out_______
 4. land,___ Praise the  Pow’r__   that  hath   made______

    -1*   -1* -1      -3*    -2    -1       -.3*  -2  -2
 1. were  so  gal -   lant - ly    stream – ing?  And the 
 2. half  con-ceals,  half   dis – clos  -  es?   Now it
 3. their foul foot - steps’ pol – lu   -   tion. No_____
 4. and   pre-serv’d  us     a     na   -   tion! Then___

    -2    -2   -2    -2_____ -2  -2    -2      -2   -2
 1. rock -ets’ red   glare,_ the bombs burst – ing  in  
 2. catch-es   the   gleam__ of  the   morn – ing’s first   
 3. ref - uge  could save___ the______ hire – ing   and
 4. con – quer we    must,__ when our  cause  it    is

    -2_____ -2_____ -2____ -2    -2  -2_______
 1. air,___ Gave____ proof thro’ the night____
 2. beam,__ In  full glo – ry    re-flect   --
 3. slave__ From the ter - ror   of flight____
 4. just,__ And_____ this  be    our mot____ -

    -1*   -1* -1     -1   1     1___________
 1.  that our flag   was  still there,_______
 2. –ed,  now shines on   the   stream:______
 3.  or   the gloom  of   the   grave:_______
 4. –to: “In  God    is   our   trust!”______

   Chorus
    -2____ -1   -2    -1______ -1*    -1*     -2 
 1. Oh,___ say  does  that____ star – spang - led 
 2.‘Tis the star-spang-gled___ ban  – ner:    oh,
 3. And the star-spang-gled___ ban  - ner     in
 4. And the star-spang-gled___ ban  - ner     in

    -1*  -1*__-2  3       -2________  -2   -2  -1
 1. ban – ner____ yet____ wave,_____  O’er the land
 2. long  may____ it_____ wave,_____  O’er the land
 3. tri – umph___ doth___ wave,_____  O’er the land
 4. tri – umph___ shall__ wave,_____  O’er the land

    -1_-2 -3*    -2________ -1*___ -1*  -2_____
 1. of___ the___ free______, and__ the  home___
 2. of___ the___ free______, and__ the  home___
 3. of___ the___ free______, and__ the  home___
 4. of___ the___ free______, and__ the  home___

    -2  -2  -2_______________
 1. of  the brave.____________
 2. of  the brave.____________
 3. of  the brave.____________
 4. of  the brave.____________