Standard (EADGBE)

Chorus

Born under a bad sign

I've been down since I began to crawl

If it wasn't for bad luck

I wouldn't have no luck at all

Verse 1

Bad luck and trouble's my only friend

I've been down ever since I was ten

Chorus

Verse 2* omitted in Cream version

I can´t read, never learned how to write

My whole life is one big fight

Chorus

Verse 3

Oh wine and women is all I crave

A big legged woman's gonna carry me to my grave

Chorus

Solo

Verse 1 repeated

Born under a bad sign

I've been down since I began to crawl

If it wasn't for bad luck

I wouldn't have no luck

If it wasn't for real bad luck

I wouldn't have no luck at all

Born under a bad sign

Born under a bad sign