Verse
[Opening Riff]
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------3----------------------3-------------|
D|-----3h5-3-5----------------3h5-3-5-----------|
A|-3h5---------3h5-5------3h5---------3h5-5-----|
E|-------------------6-3--------------------6-3-|
[Chorus]
D7
Born under a bad sign
D7
I've been down since I began to crawl
A7 A7 G#7 G7
If it wasn't for bad luck
G7
I wouldn't have no luck at all
[Riff]
(played over each verse)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------3-------------------3---------------|
D|-----3-3-5---------------3-3-3-5-----------|
A|-3h5-------3h5-5-----3h5---------3h5-5-----|
E|-----------------6-3-------------------6-3-|
[Verse 1]
D7
Bad luck and trouble's my only friend
D7
I've been down ever since I was ten
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]*
(omitted in Cream version)
D7
I can´t read, never learned how to write
D7
My whole life is one big fight
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
D7
Oh wine and women is all I crave
D7
E big legged woman's gonna carry me to my grave
[Chorus]
[Solo]
[Verse 1]
(repeated)
D7
Born under a bad sign
D7
I've been down since I began to crawl
A7 A7 G#7 G7
If it wasn't for bad luck
G7 G7 G#7 A7
I wouldn't have no luck
A7 A7 G#7 G7
If it wasn't for real bad luck
G7 N.C.
I wouldn't have no luck at all
D7
Born under a bad sign
D7
Born under a bad sign
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