Learn and Play Music: Born Under A Bad Sign guitar tab - Eric Clapton Cream tabs

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  Albert King & Cream (Eric Clapton)'s versions of "Born Under A Bad Sign"
  
  
  Cream version:
  
  Intro:
  
  bass and guitar 1:
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  ---------3(4)------------------
  -----3-5------5-------3--------
  -3-5--------------3-5---1(2)---
  -----------------------------3-
  
  ------------------------------------------------
  -13(15)~~------------13(15)~~--11-13-11(12)-----
  -------------12~~~--------------------------12~-
  ------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------------
  
  ------3-------------
  --------6p3---------
  -5(7)-------5--3(4)-
  --------------------
  --------------------
  --------------------
  
  
  
  (follow intro pattern)
  G
  Born under a bad sign
  I've been down since I began to crawl
  
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  ----------6--6---6--6--------------
  ----------5--5---5--5--------------
  ----------4--4---4--4---3(4)-------
  -2-3-4-5--5--5---5--5--------5-4-3-
  -----------------------------------
  
  
  D  
  If it wasn't for bad luck
  I wouldn't have no luck at all
  
  --------3----------------
  ------3---6p3------------
  -5(7)---------5p3---3(4)-
  ------------------5------
  -------------------------
  -------------------------
  
  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:
  
  -----------15--------------------------15--------------------------
  --------15-----18(20)-18(20)--------15----18(20)-15----------------
  -17(19)----------------------17(19)-----------------17-15(16)------
  --------------------------------------------------------------17~~-
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  -----------15----------18(20)-15------------------------------------
  --------15----18(20)-------------18-15-18(20)--18-15------------------
  -17(19)----------------------------------------------17-15(16)--------
  ---------------------------------------------------------------17-17~-
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  
  -----------15-----------------------------15------------------
  --------15----18p15----15-18(20)----18(20)--(20)18p15-18(20)~~-
  -17(19)-------------17-----------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------
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  ----------------------------------------------------------
  
  -18p15-20(22)-20(22)---18(19)---15-------15~-18p15h18-15-
  --------------------20------------18(20)------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  
  ---------15-----------------------
  -------15--18p15------------------
  -17(19)---------17(19)-15(16)-----
  ------------------------------17-
  ----------------------------------
  ----------------------------------
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------16(18)-16(18)-(18)--11(12)----------------------------
  -----12-----12-12-12-12------------------------------12-12~-------------
  -/14----14-----------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  
  ----------------------------3-----------------
  -3-6p3-----3------------------6p3-------------
  -------5(7)--5-3(4)----5(7)-------5-3(4)------
  --------------------5--------------------5-5~-
  ----------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------
  
    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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  -----11-13-13(15)------
  -/12--------------12~~-
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  -----------------------
  -----------------------
  
  -----------------------
  -13(15)-13(15)----11~~-
  ---------------12------
  -----------------------
  -----------------------
  -----------------------
  
  ----------15-------------------------
  -------15----18p15-------------------
  -17(19)------------17(19)-15(16)-----
  ---------------------------------17~-
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  -------------------------------------
  
  
  
  Albert King version:
  
  "Born under a bad sign ..."
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  ----------2-------------------------2----------------------------------
  ------2-4---4-------2---4-------2-4---4-------2---4--------------------
  --2-4-----------2-4---0-----2-4-----------2-4---0----------------------
  
  
  "If it wasn't for bad luck ..."
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------2----------------------------------
  ------------------------4------2-4---4--------------------------------
  --1-2-3-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-0----2-4----------------------------------------
  
  
  "Hard luck and trouble's ..."
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  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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  ---------------------------------------------------------2------------
  ------2-2-4-------2-2-4------2-2-4-------2-2-4-------2-4---4-etc------
  --2-4---------2-4---------2-4--------2-4---------2-4------------------
  
  
  

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