The Star Spangled Banner

"We play it the way the air is in America today. The air is slightly
static isn't it? You know what I mean?" -Jimi

1+++  let ring
~     univibe pedal.Can be approximated with wah wah or whammy bar.
FB    feedback
  harmonic
()    very short note
/     slide
5^ r   bend and release
^^^^  heavy vibrato
h p   hammer, pulloff
7h9tr trill
WB    whammy bar slamming
WB\   divebomb
Blank spaces in the tab mark untranscribable whammy noises.
Tune guitar down to E flat.
  0:00                          FB            FB               ***
E|-----------0-~-~-~-~-4-2-0++++---------------------------------
B|0++++---0+++++++++++------------------------------0--0--(7^)9--
G|--1+++1--------------------1*-(1/)3-4--------------------
D|----2----------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
                              * Barely audible due to feedback
                              ** Feedback turns note into harmonic
                              *** some open strings are slightly
                                  ringing out while this bend is
                                  played
  0:17
E|-----------------------------------------0-~-~-~-~-~--
B|7-5-h7p5-\4---2-4-5-5--0-----0--------0--0-~-~-~-~-~--
G|-------------------------1-----1---1^^^---------------
D|---------------------------2+++--2--------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------

  0:33                                              FB       FB
E|4h5tr-2h4tr-0------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------0-0--7^9**----
G|---------------1/3\1/3/4/6/8^^^^6h8p6h8p6-4h6p4----------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              * FB turns note into
                                                harmonic
                                              ** Slowly
                                              release bend as feedback
                                              comes in

  0:49                                             FB
E|-------------------------------------4-4-4-5-7-7----13^(14)--
B|5-(5/)7-^r--5h7p5\4---2-4-5-5-0------------------------------
G|--------------------------------1----------------------------
D|----------------------------------2--------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
 1:05   1:09          1:14           1:22
  wb             wb    wb          wb
E|---- -12*12*12*--- -0-----12^-12^- **12^14^15----- **12^14^15-
B|0*-- -12*12*12*--- -0------------- --------------- -----------
G|0*-- ------------- -0------------- -----------0-0- -----------
D|---- ------------- --------------- --------------- -----------
A|---- ------------- --------------- --------------- -----------
E|---- ------------- --------------- --------------- -----------
   * These notes are rough guesses. Just go for it
   ** bend up then bend some more
       1:31 1:34                             1:48
  wb   wb\                                   wb           wb\
E|---  ---  5-4-2-4-5-5-----------0--~-~-~--/8p5h8p5p8**- ------
B|0*-  ---  ----------------------0--~-~-~--------------- 0*------
G|0*-  14-  --------------------------------------------- 0*-------
D|0*-  ---  ------------8---8---8++++~+~+~--------------- --------
A|---  12-  --------------7---7-------------------------- --------
E|---  ---  --------------------------------------------- --------
   * Guess                                            ** Drop bar
                                                        while
hammering
                 2:11
  wb\      wb\                                    WB
E|---- 0----- (19^)20-19--15-15--^^^--------15^---
B|0------ 0--0-- ------------------------13^--------
G|------- ------ -----------------------------------
D|------- ------ ----------------------------------
A|------- ------ ----------------------------
E|------- ------ ----------------------------
  2:20                                  FB    wah wah on treble
E|-----------------------------------------------------4----4----4-
B|10--9--7h9p7\5-4---2--4--5-----------------------5--5----5----5--
G|----------------------------1*--/3--/4------(2/)2--4----4----4+--
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
                               *Jimi's G string is about half a
                                semitone sharp by now (!)
  2:43
E|--------0++++++---------------------------------(0)------------
B|----5+++++5--4-2--2--2-4-5-7-9-10--9-7--h9p7-5--(4/)5---4------
G|4-4------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
  3:10                   FB    WB\
E|------0--2-/4--5--7-------------0--2--4--5-4h5tr-2h4tr-0--
B|0--0--------0--------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
                           *FB turns note into harmonic
E|----------------0----0---0--
B|/5--/8---10-----0----0---0--
G|/6--/9---11-----1-----------
D|/7--/10--12-----2-----------
A|/7--/10--12-----2-----------
E|/5--/8---10--\--0-----------