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Born Under A Bad Sign

Jimi Hendrix

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BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN (Bassline)
As recorded by Jimi Hendrix
(From the 1994 Album BLUES)

Transcribed by Cam Penny
	

Music by Booker T. and William Bell

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Moderately Slow Blues Q=78
     N.C.(B7)
 4/4
       Gtr I
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q
|--------------7-|---------------|--------------7-|----------------||
|----------7h9---|-9--------7----|----------7h9---|-9--------7-----||
|------7h9-------|------7h9------|------7h9-------|------7h9-------||
|----------------|------------5--|-7--------------|------------5---||


    N.C.(B7)
    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q   3x Q.   E E E E E     Q.   E E E E E
||---------------7-|-----------------||--------------7-|-(11)---------------|
||o----------7-9---|-9--------7-----o||----------7-9---|--(9)---------------|
||o------7h9-------|------7h9-------o||------7h9-------|--------7-9-7-9-----|
||--7--------------|------------10---||-7--------------|----------------7/--|


  (F#7)              (E7)                  (B7)
         |3|
  Q  E E e S E E E   E S S E E E E E  E    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q
|------------------|---------------------|--------------7-|----------------||
|------------------|---------------------|----------7-9---|-9--------7-----||
|-9----9-7-----5-9-|-7-7-----------------|------7h9-------|------7h9-------||
|----------5-7-----|-----0-2-4-5-5-5-(0)-|-7--------------|------------10--||


    N.C.(B7)
    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q   3x Q.   E E E E E   Q.    E E E E E
||---------------7-|-----------------||--------------7-|------------------|
||o----------7-9---|-9--------7-----o||----------7-9---|-9----------------|
||o------7h9-------|------7h9-------o||------7h9-------|---------7-7-9-9--|
||--7--------------|------------10---||-7--------------|------10----------|


  (F#7)              (E7)
         |3|
  Q  E E e S E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q
|------------------|----------------|--------------7-|-----------------||
|------------------|----------------|----------7-9---|-9--------7------||
|-9----9-7-----5-9-|-7----7-7-4-5-5-|------7h9-------|------7h9--------||
|----------5-7-----|----------------|-7--------------|------------10---||


    N.C.(B7)
    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q  21x Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q
||---------------7-|-----------------||--------------9-|-----------------|
||o----------7-9---|-9--------7-----o||----------7-9---|-9--------7------|
||o------7h9-------|------7h9-------o||------7h9-------|------7h9--------|
||--7--------------|------------10---||-7--------------|------------10---|


    N.C.(B7)                               N.C.(B7)
    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q   6x     Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q
||---------------7-|----------------||-||---------------7-|-----------------||
||o----------7-9---|-9--------7----o||-||o----------7-9---|-9--------7-----o||
||o------7h9-------|------7h9------o||-||o------7h9-------|------7h9-------o||
||--7--------------|------------5---||-||--7--------------|------------10---||


    N.C.(B7)
    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q
||---------------7-|---------------|--------------7-|------------------||
||o----------7-9---|-9--------7----|----------7-9---|-9--------7------o||
||o------7h9-------|------7h9------|------7h9-------|------7h9--------o||
||--7--------------|------------5--|-7--------------|------------10----||


  N.C.(B7)
  Q  Q  E  E E E   E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q
|----------------|------------------|--------------7-|---------------|
|----------------|------------7-9---|----------7-9---|-9--------7----|
|-7----------7-9-|------7-9---------|------7h9-------|------7h9------|
|----5--7-10-----|-7-10-----7-----5-|-7--------------|------------5--|


  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E  E  E E E
|--------------7-|---------------|--------------7-|------9h10-10-9S7-||
|----------7-9---|-9--------7----|----------7-9---|-9----------------||
|------7h9-------|------7h9------|------7h9-------|------------------||
|-7--------------|------------5--|-7--------------|------------------||


  N.C.(B7)
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q
|--------------7-|---------------|--------------7-|----------------|
|----------7-9---|-9--------7----|----------7-9---|-9--------7-----|
|------7h9-------|------7h9------|------7h9-------|------7h9-------|
|-7--------------|------------7--|-7--------------|------------10--|


  Q.   E E E E E   H      Q  Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q
|--------------7-|------/10--9--|--------------7-|----------------|
|----------7-9---|-9------------|----------7-9---|-9--------7-----|
|------7h9-------|--------------|------7h9-------|------7h9-------|
|-7--------------|--------------|-7--------------|------------10--|


  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q
|--------------7-|---------------|--------------7-|----------------|
|----------7-9---|-9--------7----|----------7-9---|-9--------7-----|
|------7h9-------|------7h9------|------7h9-------|------7h9-------|
|-7--------------|------------5--|-7--------------|------------10--|


                           |-3-|
  Q.   E E E E E   H    Q  E E E   Q.   S S e e E E   Q.   E E E Q
|--------------7-|---------------|----------------7-|---------------|
|----------7-9---|-9-------------|------------7-9---|-9--------7----|
|------7h9-------|---------7h9-9-|------7-7-9-------|------7h9------|
|-7--------------|---------------|-7----------------|------------5--|


    N.C.(B7)
    Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q   4x Q.   E E E E E   H      E  +E  Q
||---------------7-|----------------||--------------7-|------/10-(10)S7---|
||o----------7-9---|-9--------7----o||----------7-9---|-9-----------------|
||o------7h9-------|------7h9------o||------7h9-------|-------------------|
||--7--------------|------------5---||-7--------------|-------------------|


                                     N.C.(B7)
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q      Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E  Q
|--------------7-|---------------||---------------7-|-----------------||
|----------7-9---|-9--------7----||o----------7-9---|-9--------7-----o||
|------7h9-------|------7h9------||o------7h9-------|------7h9-------o||
|-7--------------|------------5--||--7--------------|------------10---||


  N.C.(B7)                              N.C.(B7)
  Q.   E E E E E   H      E  +E  Q      Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E E E Q   3x
|--------------7-|------/10-(10)S7--||---------------7-|----------------||
|----------7-9---|-9----------------||o----------7-9---|-9--------7----o||
|------7h9-------|------------------||o------7h9-------|------7h9------o||
|-7--------------|------------------||--7--------------|------------5---||


  N.C.(B7)
  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E e e  Q    W
|--------------7-|----------------|------*|
|----------7-9---|-9--------7-----|------*|
|------7h9-------|------7h9-------|------*|
|-7--------------|------------10--|-7----*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths