Born Under A Bad Sign

Albert King

BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN
As recorded by Albert King
(From the 1967 Album BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN)


Words and Music by Booker T. Jones & William Bell
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Albert King - Lead clean electric'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Rhythm clean electric'

Intro
Q=92
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~
E H      E  a      +Q.    S  S S  S      +S    S S  S
|--------|------------------9---------------------------|
|--------|---12b14==(12)r-----12-9----------------------|
|--------|-------------------------11b13==(11)r-11-9----|
|--------|-------------------------------------------11-|
|--------|----------------------------------------------|
|--------|----------------------------------------------|


~~                      ~~~
E.  S  e E  S  E.    S  E.
|---------------------13-----------|
|------------12-14-------14--------|
|-9--------------------------------|
|----11----------------------------|
|-------11-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q      E E  E     E  E     E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------2b2.5-|
|-------------------2--4-----------|
|----------2s=4--------------------|


Chorus
Gtr II
~~              ~~                   ~~
Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E E E E E       Q.   E E E Q
|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------2b2.5-|---------------|
|-4--------2----|-4--------2-4-------|-4--------2----|
|------2-4---0--|------2s4-----------|------2-4---0--|
|-Rhy Fig 1

Gtr I
~~~~
Q   E  a      +E   +E   S S  S S  e
|-------------------------9-----------|
|-------12b14==(12)-(12)r---9---------|
|-----------------------------11-9----|
|----------------------------------11-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~
| Q.             Q        Q         E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------------|
|----------------1--------2---------3-|


W                      e E Q     H
|--------------------|---9----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q  S S E E E S S E   a Q   S S e Q  Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|----5---5-----5-----|-------3------------|
|----4---4-----4-----|-------2------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-4--------4-4-----0-|-0h2-------2-2--0---|


~~~~
Q   E  a      +E  +E   S S  S S  E
|------------------------9---------------|
|-------12b14==(12)(12)r---9-------------|
|----------------------------11-9--------|
|---------------------------------11-----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| Q.             E   E   E    E    E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------2b2.5-|
|-4----------------------2----4----------|
|----------------2s==4-------------------|


Verse 1
~~
E.  S  E E H            H      Q    E      +E
|--------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------|
|-9------------------||--------------11b13==(11)r-|
|----11--------------||---------------------------|
|-------11-----------||---------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------|
|
| ~~                      ~~
| Q.       E E E E E    a Q.   E E E  E       E
|--------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------|
|-4------------2---2-||-2h4--------2----------2---|
|----------2s4-------||--------2s4----------------|
end Rhy Fig 1-||-Rhy Fig 2

e  E Q   Q   S  S S  S     H      Q   E  E     W
|---------------------------|--------------9---|-----------------------||
|-----------------9---------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|---11--------------11-9----|-------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------11-|-------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|
|    ~~~                        ~~                  ~~
| a  Q.     E E E E    E      a Q.   E E E E  E   a Q.   E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------|----------------2b2.5--||
|-2h=4----------2------2----|-2h4--------2----2-|-2h4--------2-4--------||
|-----------2s4-------------|--------2s4--------|--------2s4------------||
end Rhy Fig 2-|

Chorus
w/Rhy Fig 1
~~~
H      Q    E  E    Q    E  E H
|---------------12-|------------------------|
|------------12----|-14---12---------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|


W               Q   E S S  S S  e Q
|---------------|-------9----------------|
|---------------|---------9--------------|
|---------------|-----------11-9---------|
|---------------|----------------11------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|


H        Q   E   E   a a E E Q     H
|--------------------|-----x---------------|
|--------------------|---x-----------------|
|------------------9-|-x-------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|


~~~~                       ~~
Q   E  a      +E  +E   S  S  S S  E       E.  S  e E Q   e E
|---------------------------9-------------|----------------9-----||
|-------12b14==(12)(12)-12r---------------|----------------9-----||
|-----------------------------11-9--------|-9--------------------||
|----------------------------------11-----|----11----------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------11-------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||


Verse 2
Gtr II
Rhy Fig 2


Chorus
w/Rhy Fig 1
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~
W                S   E.  +E   a  e H
|---------------|-12-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----14--(14)-------------------|
|---------------|--------------13s11-------------|
|---------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------------|


W               Q   E  a      +E   +E  S  S e E
|---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------|-------12b14==(12)-(12)-9--------|
|---------------|--------------------------11-9---|
|---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------------|


H        Q   E   E     e E Q     H
|--------------------|---9---------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------9-|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


~~~~                      ~~
Q   E  a      +E  +E   S S  S S  E       E.  S  E E H
|------------------------9---------------|--------------------||
|-------12b14==(12)(12)r---9-------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------11-9--------|-9------------------||
|---------------------------------11-----|----11--------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------11-----------||
|----------------------------------------|--------------------||


Guitar Solo
~~~~~~~
|-------3--------|
a      +Q    +E   E  +Q     E  E    E      +E    a   E Q   H
|-14b16==(14)r=(14)-----------12-14-|-14b16==(14)r(14)s12-------------|
|-------------------14-(14)---------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|          ~~~~~                       ~~~~~~
|          Q.        E   E  E  E  E    Q.                   E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------4----------------2-----2-|--4------------------------2---2-|
|--------------------2s==4----------|-----------------------2s4-------|


~~~                       ~~~
a      +Q    +Q    E  Q.        E      +E    S  E.    S  S E  e   E
|-14b16==(14)r=(14)-------------|-13b14==(13)r-13-------13-------------||
|-----------------------14------|-----------------14-------14----------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------14-----||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
|          ~~~~~                   ~~~~~~
|          Q.       E E  E  E E    Q.                 E  E    E  S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----------4-------------2----2-|--4--------------------------2--4p2---||
|-------------------2s4---------|---------------------2s=4-----------4-||


Chorus
W                  e E Q    H          W
|------------------|-9-----------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|
| Q  S S E E E E E   Q   E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----5-------6-5-4-|-3---x-3-(3)-2-3-4-|-5--x-5-5-6-5-4-|
|----4-------5-4-3-|-2---x-2-(2)-1-2-3-|-4--x-4-4-5-4-3-|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-4------4-4-------|-------------------|----------------|


~~
W                E  Q.    S  S S  S      +S    S S      S
|----------------|----9-----9-------------------------------|
|----------------|------------12-9--------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------11b13==(11)r-11-9--------|
|----------------|---------------------------------------11-|
|----------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------------------|
|
|                  ~~
| e E Q  E E E E   Q.     E E    E          E      E
|----------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3--------------|------------------------------------------|
|-2--------------|---------------------------------2b2.5----|
|----------------|-4-------------2----------4---------------|
|--------2-4-0-2-|--------2s4-------------------------------|


~~
E.  S  e E H
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|-9------------------||
|----11--------------||
|-------11-----------||
|--------------------||
|
| ~~
| Q.       E E E E E
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|--------------------||
|-4------------2---2-||
|----------2s4-------||


Verse 3
Gtr II
Rhy Fig 2


Chorus
w/Rhy Fig 1
Gtr I
~~~~~~~
W                S  E. +E  S  S H
|---------------|-12--9--(9)------------------|
|---------------|------------9----------------|
|---------------|--------------11-------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|


~~~~~~
W               Q   E E +E  S S  S S  e
|---------------|-------9-(9)-9-----------|
|---------------|---------------9---------|
|---------------|-----------------11-9----|
|---------------|----------------------11-|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|


H        Q   E   E     e E Q     H
|--------------------|---9---------------|
|------------------9-|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


~                                     ~~
Q   Q   S  S S  S      +S    S S      S   E.  S  e E H
|-----9---9-------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------12-9--------------------------|----------------------||
|----------------11b13==(11)r-11-9--------|-9--------------------||
|--------------------------------------11-|----11----------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------11-------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------||


Outro
~~~~~                                            ~~~~
H      Q    a      +Q       S S  E Q   H         H      Q    a      +Q
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|------------12b14==(12)--|
|------------11b13==(11)r--|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-11p9-11-------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|
| ~~                          ~~~                  ~~
| Q.   E E E          Q       Q.       E E E E E   Q.   E E E          Q
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-4--------2---------------|--4------------2---2-|-4--------2--------------|
|------2-4------------0----|-----------2s4-------|------2-4------------0---|


+E   e e e S  S S  S      +S    S S  S
|-------9-9-9-9---------------------------|
|-(12)r---------12-9----------------------|
|--------------------11b13==(11)r-11-9----|
|--------------------------------------11-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
|   ~~~~~
|   Q.      E E    E          E      E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---4--------------2-----------------2----|
|-----------2s4---------------------------|


~~~
Q    E      +E    a      +E    S  S  a      +E    a  E    S   E. Q   H
|-----14b16==(14)r-13b14==(13)r-13----13b14==(13)r-13s14-|-13------------------*|
|----------------------------------14--------------------|-----14--------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------*|
|
| ~~                                                        ~~~
| Q.           E            E    E             Q            Q.       E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------*|
|-4------------------------------2-----------------------|--4------------2---2-*|
|--------------2------------4------------------0---------|-----------2s4-------*|

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