Born Under A Bad sign
Jimi Hendrix
Bass by Billy Cox
>From The "Blues" Album.
This lovely little instrumental is pretty simular to the original Albert king
version & its 9 steps higher.
Intro: (also alternated with the main riff a few times after 3.44)
just your basic A# pentatonic type thing...
G|-------------6-----------------------|
D|-------6-h8-----8(lr)------6---------|
A|-6-h8----------------6-h8------------|
E|------------------------------4---6--|
main riff: (first played @ 0.13)
G|-------------6-----------------------|
D|-------6-h8-----8(lr)------6---------|
A|-6-h8----------------6-h8-----4------|
E|----------------------------------6--|
0.31 & 1.11:
G|-------------6-h8----|
D|-------6-h8----------|
A|-6-h8----------------|
E|---------------------|
Not 100% sure about this bit, so heres a fig. a la King!
G|8------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------6--6--8--|
A|---5--5--6--7--8---8--8--8--6--6--8--4--6--8--6--8-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
This is played @ 2.54 (just a slight variation)
An other varation @ 3.37
G|-------------6-----| G|-------------8----|
D|-------6-h8-----8--| D|-------6-h8-----8-|
A|-6/8---------------| A|-6-h8-------------|
E|-------------------| E|------------------|
4.57:
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------6-8-6--------|
A|-----------5-8-----5-8-------8------| (something like that)
E|-4---6---6------6--------------4-6--|
5.16 (Quiet bit)
G|-------------6-----|-8/9-8-6-----| <-- Thats played a few times with
D|-------6-h8-----8--|-----------8-| 1 or 2 variations like:
A|-6-h8--------------|-------------| |-8/9---8-----|
E|-------------------|-------------| |-----------8-|
|-------------|
^ |-------------|
|played once again @ 6.48 & 7.12
Fade out on Main riff.
There, that's about 99% accurate.
Comments, corrections, death threaths etc. to
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| Bass Tabs |
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| Title |
Born Under A Bad Sign |
| Artist |
Jimi Hendrix |
| Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
| YouTube ID |
qlZ74NTSaAc |
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G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
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