Born Under A Bad sign Chords
by Jimi Hendrix
Born Under A Bad sign by Jimi Hendrix is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Bass by Billy Cox
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.
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