BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN As recorded by (From the 1967 Album BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN) Transcribed by Slowhand Words and Music by Booker T. Jones & William Bell

A Intro = 94 N.C. P 8va 8va 1 g gg g4 k V V V k V V fV V I 4 V V V V V V V V c Gtr I V \\\\\\\Full Full 9 13 T 12 M 12 9 M \\ 12 14 14\\\\\\\ 11 11 9 9 A 11 11 B 11

g g I g g44 j k c V V V Gtr II V V 1/4 T M A 2 B 2 4 2 4 sl.

B Chorus N.C. 4 gggg I c c V c V V V V V V V V V V Gtr II V V V 1/4 V V

T \\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\ M \\\\\\\\\ A 2 B 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 0 2 4 2 4 0 sl.

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G 7 F 7 N.C. b b 7 V V V g g V V V V V V V V V V I g g j k u V u k j j V Gtr I \\\Full \\\\\Full 9 9 9 T 12(12)M 9 12 M (12) 9 11 9 11 9 A 11 11 B

gggg l l l I c c c gV V V gV c V V fV V V V R V V V V Gtr II fV VgV V P V V V V V 1/4

T \\\\\ \\\\\ M 5 5 5 3 A 4 4 4 2 2 B 4 4 2 4 1 2 3 4 4 4 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 4 H sl.

C 1st Verse N.C.

11 V gggg V V c k j V V V k j j V V V V j u k I V Full u

9 T M 9 9 11 11 11 9 A 11 11 B 11 sl.

g gg k k k k I g c c R c c R c c R c c V V V V V P V V V V V P V V V V V P V V V V V T \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ A B 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 H H H sl. sl. sl. sl.

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D Chorus N.C. 8va 15 g g V I g g j V V V k u 12 T 12 14\\\\12 A B sl. g g I g g R P V c V V V V c V V c V V V V c V V V 1/4 V V V V V 1/4 V V V T \\\\\\ M \\\\\\ \\\\\\ M \\\\\\ A 2 2 B 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 2 4 0 2 4 2 4 0 H sl. sl.

G 7 F 7 N.C. b b 19 V } V V V V gggg j k V V V V j j k V P P u k j j k V V V I u z z u \\\Full 9 x 9 T 9 x 12 M (12) 11 9 9 x 11 9 A 11 11 B

g g I g g c gV l V V l gV l V c c V V V R V V c V V V fV V gV fV V V V V P V V V V V V 1/4 T \\\\\ \\\\\ M 5 5 5 3 A 4 4 4 2 2 B 4 4 2 4 1 2 3 4 4 4 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 4 H sl.

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E 2nd Verse N.C.

23 V g g V c V I g g V V k j u k 9 T 9 9 A 11 B 11

g gg k k k k I g c c R c c R c c R c c V V V V V P V V V V V P V V V V V P V V V V V T \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ A B 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 H H H sl. sl. sl. sl.

F Chorus N.C. 8va

27 g gg V R I g V V P V 12 T 14\\\\ A 13 11 B sl. g g I g g R P V c V V V V c V V c V V V V c V V V 1/4 V V V V V 1/4 V V V T \\\\\\ M \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ M \\\\\\ A 2 2 B 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 2 4 0 2 4 2 4 0 H sl. sl.

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G 7 F 7 N.C. b b 31 V V g g V V V V V V V V V V I g g j k u k j k V u k j j k u V u u Full \\\Full 9 9 T 12(12)M 9 12(12)M 9 11 9 11 9 A 9 11 B

g g I g g c gV l V V l gV l V c c V V V R V V c V V V fV VgV fV V V V V P V V V V V V 1/4 T \\\\\ \\\\\ M 5 5 5 3 A 4 4 4 2 2 B 4 4 2 4 1 2 3 4 4 4 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 4 H sl.

G N.C. 8va 8va 8va

35 g g V c V V V V V V P V V V g g V k V V 3 z j k V I V Full Full Full

14 12 14 14 (14)(14) 12 14 T \\ M 14\\\\\\ M M 14\\\\\\\\ 9 O O O A 11 B 11 sl.

g gg k k k k I g c c c c c c c c V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V T \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\ A B 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 sl. sl. sl. sl.

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H Chorus G 7 F 7 G 7 8va 8va b 8vab b 39 g g fV V V V c I g g V V k k V k j 1/2 V u 13 13 13 9 T M 14\\\\ 14 A 14 B

g gg g gV l V V V V gV } V V V V V I c V fV V fV gV } V V fV g V fV V } V V fV V fV V V V V V V V V V V T \\\\\\\\ 5 6 5 4 3 x 3 2 3 4 5 x 5 5 6 5 4 A 4 5 4 3 2 x 2 1 2 3 4 x 4 4 5 4 3 B 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 P sl.

F 7 N.C. b 43 V V V gggg j V V V V V V V V c k I Full V

9 9 T \\\\\ 12 9 M 11 11 9 9 A 11 11 B 11

g g c I g g gV k j k c V V c V V V V c V V V V V V V V 1/4 V V T \\\\\\\\ M \\\\\\\\ 3 A 2 2 B 4 2 4 4 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 4 2 4 sl. sl.

I 3rd Verse N.C. 46 g g I g g R k c R k c R k c R P V c V V P V c V V P V c V V P V c V V V Gtr II V V V V V V V V 1/4 T \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ M A 2 B 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 H H H H sl. sl. sl. sl.

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J Chorus N.C. 8va

50 V g g V V V V I g g j V V V k j k V j Gtr I u 12 9 T 12 14\\\\12 9 11 9 A 11 B sl.

gggg I c c V c c c c V V V V V V V V V V V fV Gtr II V V V 1/4 V V fV V gV

T \\\\\\ \\\\\\ M \\\\\\ \\\\\\ A 2 B 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 0 2 4 2 4 0 1 2 3 sl.

G 7 F 7 N.C. b b 54 } V V V V V gggg j k V P P u k j j k V V V V V c k j V k I u z z u V u \\\Full x 9 9 T x 12 M (12) \ 9 9 x 11 9 9 A 11 11 B 11

g g I g g gV l V V l gV l k c V V V R V V c V V V V c V V V V V V P V V V V V V 1/4 V V T \\\\\ M \\\\\ 5 5 5 3 A 4 4 4 2 2 B 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 4 2 4 H sl. sl.

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K Outro N.C.

58 g g V V I g g j V V V j j \\\\\\Full \\\\\\Full T M 12 M 11 A 11 9 11 B P g gg g k c I V c V c V c V V V V V V V V V V V V T \\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\ A B 4 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 0 2 4 2 4 0 sl. 8va Fade Out

61 V V V V g g V V V V V V V V V fV V V P gV fV I g g V j V z V j \\ Full Full 1/2 1/2 9 9 9 9 14 13 13 13 13 14 13 T (12) 12 9 M M M 14 M 14\\ 11 (11) 11 9 A 11 B sl. g gg g k c k c I V c V c V c V V V V V V V V V V V V T \\\\\\\ \\\\\\\ \\\\\\\ A B 4 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 0 2 4 sl. sl.

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