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