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Born Under A Bad Sign

Jimi Hendrix

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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-----|

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Born Under A Bad Sign

Jimi Hendrix