Booker T.Jones of Booker T. and the MGs.
Booker T.'s version from the 2016 release
"Crossroads Revisited: Selections From The Crossroads Guitar Festivals"
Tuning: DGCFAD
Capo: 1
Intro:
| [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] |
Chorus:
|[Dm] |[Dm] |[Dm] |[Dm] |
. Born under a bad sign .... .. been down since I began to crawl
|[A7] |[G] [F] |[Dm] |[Dm] |
. If it wasn't for bad luck . I wouldn't have no luck at all ....
Verse 1:
|[Dm] |[Dm] |
. Hard luck and trouble, . my only friend
|[Dm] |[Dm] |
. I been on my own since the age of ten
Chorus:
|[Dm] |[Dm] |[Dm] |[Dm] |
.. Born under a bad sign .... .. been down since I began to crawl
|[A7] |[G] [F] |[Dm] |[Dm] |
. If it wasn't for bad luck . I wouldn't have no luck at all ....
Verse 2:
|[Dm] |[Dm] |
. Wine and women, . all I crave
|[Dm] |[Dm] |
. Gon' send me to an early grave
Chorus:
|[Dm] |[Dm] |[Dm] |[Dm] |
. Born under a bad sign .... . I been down since I began to crawl
|[A7] |[G] [F] |[Dm] |[Dm] |
. If it wasn't bad luck . I wouldn't have no luck at all ....
Break:
||: [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [A7] | G... [F] | [Dm] | [Dm] :||
Verse 3:
|[Dm] |[Dm] |
. I can hardly read, . I can hardly write
|[Dm] |[Dm] |
. My whole life has been . one big fight
Chorus:
|[Dm] |[Dm] |[Dm] |[Dm] |
. Born under a bad sign .... . I been down since I began to crawl
|[A7] |[G] [F] |[Dm] |[Dm] |
. If it wasn't bad luck . I wouldn't have no luck at all ....
Break:
||: [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [A7] | G... [F] | [Dm] | [Dm] :||
Outro:
| [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [A7] | G... [F] | [A7] | G... [F] | [Dm] <> |
Charted by Dexex
