Jimi Hendrix - Born Under A Bad Sign bass tab

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-----|