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]
B7
Born under a bad sign
B7
I've been down since I began to crawl
F#7 F#7 F7 E7
If it wasn't for bad luck
E7
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]
B7
Bad luck and trouble's my only friend
B7
I've been down ever since I was ten
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]*
(omitted in Cream version)
B7
I can´t read, never learned how to write
B7
My whole life is one big fight
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
B7
Oh wine and women is all I crave
B7
C# big legged woman's gonna carry me to my grave
[Chorus]
[Solo]
[Verse 1]
(repeated)
B7
Born under a bad sign
B7
I've been down since I began to crawl
F#7 F#7 F7 E7
If it wasn't for bad luck
E7 E7 F7 F#7
I wouldn't have no luck
F#7 F#7 F7 E7
If it wasn't for real bad luck
E7 N.C.
I wouldn't have no luck at all
B7
Born under a bad sign
B7
Born under a bad sign
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