CREAM - "born under a bad sign" Tablature
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BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN by Booker T. Jones and William Bell
Intro:
bass and guitar 1:
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(follow intro pattern)
G
Born under a bad sign
I've been down since I began to crawl
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-2-3-4-5--5--5---5--5--------5-4-3-
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If it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all
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-5(7)---------5p3---3(4)-
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Bad luck and trouble's my only friend
I've been down ever since I was ten
Chorus
You know, wine and women is all I crave
A big bad woman's gonna carry me to my grave
Chorus
Solo:
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First Verse
Born under a bad sign
I've been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck
If it wasn't for real bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all
Born under a bad sign
Born under a bad sign
(some sample fills:)
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This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
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