Eric Clapton Cream - Born Under A Bad Sign guitar tab
Albert King & Cream (Eric Clapton)'s versions of "Born Under A Bad Sign"
Cream version:
Intro:
bass and guitar 1:
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(follow intro pattern)
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Born under a bad sign
I've been down since I began to crawl
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If it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all
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Bad luck and trouble's my only friend
I've been down ever since I was ten
Chorus
You know, wine and women is all I crave
A big bad woman's gonna carry me to my grave
Chorus
Solo:
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First Verse
Born under a bad sign
I've been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck
If it wasn't for real bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all
Born under a bad sign
Born under a bad sign
(some sample fills:)
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Albert King version:
"Born under a bad sign ..."
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"If it wasn't for bad luck ..."
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"Hard luck and trouble's ..."
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