Born Under A Bad Sign Bass

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-----| <-- Thats played a few times with
D|-------6-h8-----8--|-----------8-|     1 or 2 variations like:
A|-6-h8--------------|-------------|     |-8/9---8-----|
E|-------------------|-------------|     |-----------8-|
                                         |-------------|
                      ^                  |-------------|
                      |played once again @ 6.48 & 7.12
 
  Fade out on Main riff.
 
There, that's about 99% accurate.
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