Willie Nelson – Born For Trouble (Guitar)

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Usual a blues has 12 beats, - this song is a blues with 8 beats. Question rises: Is this a real blues? - Answer: No it's not, but this sounds like one. The last F-chord of verse is the same - as the first F of Interlude. The beat Interlude is 2x faster then verse. Find below 2 riffs you might want to use. [Instrumental Intro] | F | A7 | Bb | Bdim Gdim | | G7 | C7 | F Dm | G7 C7 | [Verse 1]
      F                  A7
I was born when the moon -- was full and bright

    Bb                     Bdim
And I've been howlin' ever since that night

      G7               C7                        F
I was born for trouble -- and somebody raised me right
[Interlude] | F D7 | G7 C7 | [Verse 2]
  F                    A7
I learned how to run before I could walk

  Bb                 Bdim         Ddim
I knew how to cuss before I could talk

          G7               C7                    F
And I was born for trouble -- somebody raised me right
[Interlude] | F A Bb B | C C7 | [Solo] | F | A7 | Bb | Bdim Ddim | | G7 | C7 | F D7 | G7 C7 | [Verse 3]
F                      A7
- Everybody said where I come from

Bb                     Bdim
I wouldn't live to see twenty one

      G7               C7                               F
I was born for trouble -- and somebody must to raise me right
[Interlude] | F D7 | G7 C7 | [Verse 4]
F                      A7
I whooped a man at the county fair

   Bb                            Bdim
He couldn't stand the way that I combed my hair

      G7                                                F
I was born for trouble and somebody must have raised me right
[Interlude] | F A Bb B | C C7 | [Solo] | F | A7 | Bb | Bdim Ddim | | G7 | C7 | F D7 | G7 C7 | [Verse 5]
      F                                A7
Well, I've learned something that I'll never forget

Bb              Bdim
Women like men, they can't get

      G7                         C7
I was born for trouble (born for trouble)

                       F
And somebody raised me right
[Interlude] | F D7 | G7 C7 | [Verse 6]
   F                       A7
No tellin' what I'll do or what I'll try

      Bb                  Gdim
But I gotta keep livin' until I die

          G7                         C7
And I was born for trouble (born for trouble)

                                 F
And somebody must have raised me right
[Interlude] | F A Bb B | C C7 | [Instrumental Outro] | F | A7 | Bb | Bdim Ddim | | G7 | C7 | F D7 | G7 C7 | | F | A7 | Bb | Gdim | | G7 | C7 | F D7 | G7 C7 | **********************************
[Riffs]
Bass loop going up at interlude before solo:
   F A Bb B  C   C7
e|---------|-----8---|
B|---------|---------|
G|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|
A|---0-1-2-|-3-------|
E|-1-------|-----8---|

Bass loop going down at last 2 beats solo:
   F   D7    G7  C7
e|---------|---------|
B|---------|-----1---|
G|---------|---------|
D|-3-1-0---|-3-------|
A|-------3-|-----3---|
E|---------|---------|