Born Under A Bad Sign
Booker T. & the M.G.'s · C · Capo 1
Born Under A Bad Sign
Real Key
Db
Capo
Fret 1
Rate
Real Key
Db
Capo
Fret 1
C
Db
0.2x
120
BPM1
2
3
4
Rhythm
2/4
3/4
4/4
5/4
6/8
7/8
No Accent
Downbeat
Backbeat
All Equal
1 & 3
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
Chords Used (4)
Guitar
Ukulele
Dm
1 / 4
A7
1 / 4
G
1 / 5
F
1 / 5
Song Info
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Db
Capo
Fret 1
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