BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN
(William Bell / Booker T. Jones)

Albert King - 1967
William Bell - 1969
Big Mama Thornton - 1969
Cream - 1969
Fear Itself - 1969
Booker T. & The M.G's - 1969
Butterfield Blues Band - 1970
Rita Coolidge - 1971
Johnny Mars - 1984
Robben Ford - 1989



Born under a bad sign
Been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
Then I wouldn't have no luck at all

Hard luck and trouble been my only friend
I've been on my own ever since I was ten

Born under a bad sign
Been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no, got no luck at all

I can't read, I didn't learn to write
My whole life has been one big fight now

Born under a bad sign
Been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no, got no luck at all

(Instrumental Break)

If it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no kind o' luck
If it wasn't for real bad luck
I wouldn't have no, got no luck at all

Well, one of them good times is all that I crave
A big, grand man's gonna carry me to my grave

Born under a bad sign
Been down since I began to crawl
If it wasn't for real bad luck
I wouldn't have no, got no luck at all now

Been havin' bad luck all o' my days
No kind o' good luck gonna come my way

(I was born under a bad sign)
(I was born under a bad sign)
(I was born under a bad sign)


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2017)