Oh Pretty Woman Tab

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OH, PRETTY WOMAN
 
As recorded by Albert King
(From the 1967 Album BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN)
 
 
Words and Music by A. C. Williams
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (B E B E G# C#) - 'Albert King - Guitar / DGDGBE down 1 1/2 steps: BEBEG#C#'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Cropper - Guitar'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=108
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I (B E B E G# C#  (DGDGBE down 1 1/2 steps))
  W          E E   +E  e H         E S S S S e E a E E E
|----------|-----------6---------|---6-------------------||
|----------|---4b6-(4)-6---------|-----6-4-2-------------||
|----------|---------------------|-----------3-3-------6-||
|----------|---------------------|---------------2h3---6-||
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W          E E    E  E e E E E   E E   E   E e   E E E
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|----------|--------3--3---------|-------3---3-----------||
|----------|---5---------5---3-5-|---5---------5-----3-5-||
|----------|---------------5-----|-----------------5-----||
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------||
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    N.C.
    Gtr II
    E E E E e E E E   E E E E e E E E   E E E E e E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------3-3---------|-----3-3---------|-----3-3---------|
||----5-----5---3-5-|---5-----5---3-5-|---5-----5---3-5-|
||o-----------5-----|-----------5-----|-----------5-----|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  Gtr I
  e E Q   H         e e q   h         e E Q   H
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E e E E E   E E E E e E E E   E E E E e E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----3-3---------|-----3-3---------|-----3-3---------|
|---5-----5---3-5-|---5-----5---3-5-|---5-----5---3-5-|
|-----------5-----|-----------5-----|-----------5-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
                                        Chorus
                                         N.C.
                                               ~~~~~~    ~~
  S S E Q   H         E E Q   H          Q   e E +Q    S E.
|-6p0---------------|---6-------------||-----6-6-(6)---9-6----|
|-6p0---------------|---x-------------||-----8-8-(8)---9------|
|-------------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|
| E   E E E e E E E   E E E E e E E E    E E E E  e  E E    E
|-------------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|-------3-3---------|-----3-3---------||----------------------|
|-----5-----5---3-5-|---5-----5---3-5-||-----1-1--------------|
|-------------5-----|-----------5-----||---3------3----1----3-|
|-------------------|-----------------||-------------3--------|
 
 
           To Coda
  ~                          ~~~~~~                      ~~~~~~
                                       |--3--|
  Q   Q   H          E S S e E +E  S S E E   E   E S S E E +E  e Q
|-6----------------|-------6-6-(6)-6-----------|-------6-4-(4)-6------|
|------------------|---4s6-----------4-4-2---3-|---4s6----------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E e E E E    E E   E E  e  E   E   E     E E   E E  e  E E E
|------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-------3-3-----------------|-------3-3------------|
|-----1-1----------|---5--------5------3---5---|---5--------5----3-5--|
|---3-----3--------|---------------5-----------|---------------5------|
|-----------0-1-2--|---------------------------|----------------------|
 
 
  H       Q   E E   e E Q   H
|-----------------|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-6---------------|
|---------------6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E e E E E   E E E E e E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----3-3---------|-----3-3---------|
|---5-----5---3-5-|---5-----5---3-5-|
|-----------5-----|-----------5-----|
 
 
 1.
  G7                        N.C.
                       ~
                              |---3----|
  Q  E    +E  E    +E  Q    a E E S   +S  S S E E E e E
|----9b11-(9)-9b10-(9)-6--|-4s5----------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----6-4b6-(4)-4-2---2---------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------3---3--------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------3------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| H           H               W
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-4-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-3-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-5-----------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
 
 
  2.
  G7                          N.C.
          ~~~~~~~~
  E S    +S  +H       S S e   E S S e e E e E     E
|---------------------6-----|-------------6-9b9.5-9b13-||
|---4b6==(4)-(4)r---------6-|-4-2h3--------------------||
|-----------------------x---|-------3------------------||
|---------------------------|---------3----------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| H                H          H         Q   E     E
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|-4-------------------------|---------------------3s===||
|-3-------------------------|---------------------2s===||
|-5-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
 
 
 Guitar Solo
  G7
                                              ~~
  +e  E Q   H         Q   S    +E.   Q      S E.
|-(9)---------------|-----9b13-(9)---9b13---9-6------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|  E  E e E e E E E   E E e        E e    E E    E
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|--4----4---4-----3s|=4---4----------4-----------3s==|
|--3----3---3-----2s|=3---3----------3-----------2s==|
|-------5---5-------|-----5----------5---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
 
 
                                                   C7
  E E Q   H         Q   S     +E.   +Q    +E  +E   +E  +E  Q   +E  E Q
|-6---------------|-----9b13==(9)---(9)---(9)-(9)|-(9)r(9)-6---(6)-9------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|-----------------x------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E e E e E E E   E E e         E  e  E  E   E    e   E  e E  e  E E E
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
|-4---4---4-----3s|=4---4------------4---------2s|==3------3----3------2s=|
|-3---3---3-----2s|=3---3------------3---------1s|==2------2----2------1s=|
|-----5---5-------|-----5------------5-----------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
 
 
                                  ~
  S S E +E      +S  +S  +Q        Q
|---x-9-(9)b13==(9)-(9)r(9)b9.5---6---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| e   E  e       E       e      E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3------3---------------3----------3s|
|-2------2---------------2----------2s|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
 
 
  G7
                                 ~
  E    +S  S Q   E E S E.        Q   E e E e E E
|-9b10-(9)-----------6-9b9.5---|-6-----9---6-9-9pb11-|
|------------------6---9b9.5---|-----9-9-------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| E     E    e E e E E       E   E E e E e E Q
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|-4----------4---4-----------3s|=4---4---4-----------|
|-3----------3---3-----------2s|=3---3---3-----------|
|------------5---5-------------|-----5---5-----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  D7
                                                                         ~~~~
   S    +E. E    +E  E    +E  E    +E     E      +E  E    +E  E    +E  S E.
|--9b11-(9)-9b11-(9)-9b11-(9)-9b11-(9)-|--9b11.5-(9)-9b12-(9)-9b11-(9)-9-6--|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|  W                                      W
|-^5-----------------------------------|-^5---------------------------------|
|-^7-----------------------------------|-^7---------------------------------|
|-^5-----------------------------------|-^5---------------------------------|
|-^7-----------------------------------|-^7---------------------------------|
|-^5-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 
 
                                 D.S. al Coda
    G7
 ~~~~~~~~~         ~~~~~~~~
    Q   Q  a E E E E   +E  e e E +E  S S E e
|---6---6--6s4-------|---------------------6----||
|--------------6-4-2-|-(2)-----------4s6-6-6----||
|--------------------|-----3-------------6-6----||
|--------------------|-------3-3-(3)------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|
| a E E Q    H          W
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|-3h4----------------|--------------------------||
|---3----------------|--------------------------||
|---5-5--------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------||
 
 
  &
  N.C.
                                      ~~~~~~
  E S S S S E +E  S S S S E   E S S e E +Q    Q      H.           E E
|-------6---6-(6)-6---------|-------6-4-(4)-------|-^8----------------|
|---4s6---6---------6-4-2---|---4s6---------------|-^8----------------|
|-------------------------3-|---------------------|-^8--------------6-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E   E   E  e  E   E   E   E E   E E  e  E E E    E  E E E e E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------3---3---------------|-------3-3-----------|-------------------|
|---5----------5------3---5-|---5--------5----3-5-|-------3-3---------|
|-----------------5---------|---------------5-----|-----5-----5---3-5-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------5-----|
 
 
                    G7
                                         ~
  e E Q   H         Q  S    +E. E    +E  Q
|-6---------------|----9b11-(9)-9b11-(9)-6--|
|-6---------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E e E E E   H           H
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-4-----------------------|
|-----3-3---------|-3-----------------------|
|---5-----5---3-5-|-5-----------------------|
|-----------5-----|-------------------------|
 
 
                                 Outro
                                  N.C.
           ~~~~~~
  S    +S  E +E  E S S E a E e    E    +e  Q   H
|-9b10-(9)-6-(6)-x-4-----4h6-6-||-9b13-(9)-------------|
|--------------------6-6-------||----------------------|
|------------------------------||----------------------|
|------------------------------||----------------------|
|------------------------------||----------------------|
|------------------------------||----------------------|
|
| W                               E     E  E E e E E E
|------------------------------||----------------------|
|------------------------------||----------------------|
|------------------------------||----------3-3---------|
|------------------------------||-------5------5---3-5-|
|------------------------------||----------------5-----|
|------------------------------||----------------------|
 
 
                                  ~~~~~~~~~
  Q   S    +E.   S    +E.   S     E.     Q   e E H
|-----9b13-(9)---9b13-(9)---9pb10-6----|-6---9-----------|
|--------------------------------------|-----9-----------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E        E e        E E        E   E E E E e E E E
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-----3--------3-----------------------|-----3-3---------|
|---5------------5----------3--------5-|---5-----5---3-5-|
|-------------------------5------------|-----------5-----|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
 
 
  H       E Q       +E    +Q.     +E  Q   S     +S  +E
|-----------9b13====(9)-|-(9)r====(9)-----9b12==(9)r(9)b10---|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E e E     E  E     E  E E  E  e E E          E
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----3-3---------------|-------3--3-------------------------|
|---5-----5-------3--5--|-----5-------5---3----------5-------|
|-----------5-----------|---------------5--------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
 
 
                  ~~~~~~~~~
  +E  E Q   Q   S E.     Q   E E Q   E     +E
|-(9)-x---------9-6----|-6---x-------9b13==(9)r|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|  E  E E E e E E    E   E E E E e E E      E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------3-3------------|-----3-3---------------|
|-----5-----5---3----5-|---5-----5---3------5--|
|-------------5--------|-----------5-----------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
 
 
  +E  E Q   Q   E     +E    +Q    Q   Q   E     +E
|-(9)-----------9b13==(9)r|=(9)-----------9b13==(9)r=|
|---------------9b12==(9)r|=(9)-----------9b13==(9)r=|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  E  E E E e E E      E     E  E E E e E E      E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------3-3---------------|-------3-3----------------|
|-----5-----5---3------5--|-----5-----5---3------5---|
|-------------5-----------|-------------5------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
 
 
  +Q    Q   E E     +E      +E
|-(9)---------9pb13r(9)b9.5-(9)-|
|-(9)---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
|  E  E E E e E      E       E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------3-3---------------------|
|-----5-----5--------3-------5--|
|-------------5-----------------|
|-------------------------------|
 
 
  ~                               ~
  Q   Q   S S S T   +T  S S S S   Q   Q   E E   +E  E
|-6-------6-4-------------------|---------------------*|
|-------------6-4b6-(4)---4-2---|-2---------4b6-(4)---*|
|-----------------------------3-|---------------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------------*|
|
| E E E E e   E         E   E     E E E E e E    E  E
|-------------------------------|---------------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------------*|
|-----3-3-----------------------|-----3-3-------------*|
|---5-----5-------------3---5---|---5-----5------3--5-*|
|-------------5-----------------|-----------5---------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------------*|
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
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
-----------
 |  - 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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