Born Under A Bad Sign chords by Albert King

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Verse 1
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Am 
C 
Am 
A 
 (G major)  (A minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (A major) Born
C 
A 
under a  (C major) bad  (A major) sign
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C 
A 
D 
Been down  (G major)  (C major) since I began  (A major) to crawl  (D major) 
Em 
E 
 (E minor) If it wasn't  (E major) for bad luck,
D 
Am 
A 
G 
 (D major) you know I wouldn't have no luck  (A minor) at all  (A major)  (G major) 

Verse 2
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G 
A 
G 
 (A major) Hard luck and  (G major) trouble  (A major) is my only  (G major) friend
A 
G 
A 
 (A major) I been on my  (G major) own  (A major) ever since
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Am 
I  (G major) was ten  (A minor) 
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G 
C 
A 
G 
Am 
Born  (A major) under a bad  (G major) sign  (C major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A minor) 
A 
G 
C 
A 
D 
 (A major) Been down  (G major) since  (C major) I began to  (A major) crawl  (D major) 
Em 
E 
 (E minor) If it wasn't for  (E major) bad luck,
D 
A 
Am 
 (D major) I wouldn't have no luck  (A major) at all  (A minor) 
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 

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Verse 3
A 
 (A major) 
G 
I can't read,  (G major) 
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G 
 (A major) haven't learned how to  (G major) write
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G 
A 
G 
 (A major) My whole life  (G major) has been  (A major) one big fight  (G major) 
A 
G 
C 
A 
G 
A 
 (A major) Born under a bad  (G major) sign  (C major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major) 
G 
C 
A 
D 
I been down  (G major) since  (C major) I began to  (A major) crawl  (D major) 
Em 
E 
Em 
D 
 (E minor) If it wasn't  (E major) for bad  (E minor) luck,  (D major) I said,
A 
I wouldn't have no luck  (A major) at all
G 
That ain't  (G major) no lie

Verse 4
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 
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G 
A 
G 
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (G major) 
E 
Em 
D 
You  (E major) know if it wasn't for bad  (E minor) luck  (D major) I
wouldn't have no kind o' luck
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Em 
E 
 (E major) If it wasn't for real  (E minor) bad luck (E major) ,
D 
 (D major) I wouldn't have no luck at all
A 
Am 
A 
Am 
G 
 (A major)  (A minor)  (A major)  (A minor)  (G major) 

Verse 5
A 
G 
A 
G 
 (A major) You know wine  (G major) and women  (A major) is all I crave  (G major) 
A 
G 
 (A major) A big legged wo (G major) man is gonna
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G 
A 
carry me  (A major) to my grave  (G major)  (A major) 
G 
C 
A 
G 
Am 
Born under a bad  (G major) sign  (C major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A minor) 
A 
G 
C 
A 
D 
I been  (A major) down  (G major) since I be (C major) gin to crawl  (A major)  (D major) 
Em 
E 
 (E minor) If it  (E major) wasn't for bad luck,
D 
C 
A 
Am 
A 
 (D major) I wouldn't have  (C major) no luck at  (A major) all  (A minor)  (A major) 
G 
 (G major) Yeah,