John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Oh pretty woman
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Tuning: E A D G B E
OH, PRETTY WOMAN
As recorded by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
(From the 1967 Album CRUSADE)
Words and Music by A. C. Williams
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Taylor - Electric Guitar'
[Intro]
Q=107
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
H E E E E E E Q E E E E e S S S S E E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|--------------|--------------------|---2-----------------|-------------------|
B|--------------|--------------------|-----2---------------|-------------------|
G|--------------|-----2b2.5----------|-------4-2-----------|----2b2.5----------|
D|----------2-3-|-4----------4---2-3-|-4---------4-4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3-|
A|--------4-----|--------------4-----|---------------4-----|-------------4-----|
E|--------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
[1st Verse]
e S S S S E E E E E N.C.Q Q E E E E
E|---2-----------------||-------------------|
B|-----2---------------||-------------------|
G|-------4-2-----------||----2b2.5----------|
D|-4---------4-4---2-3-||-4---------4---2-3-|
A|---------------4-----||-------------4-----|
E|---------------------||-------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|-------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|
G|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5-----------|
D|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3--|
A|-------------4-----|-------------4------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5----------|
D|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3-|
A|-------------4-----|-------------4-----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q H
E|-------------------|-------------------|----------------||
B|-------------------|-------------------|----------------||
G|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5-------||
D|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4----||
A|-------------4-----|-------------4-----|----------------||
E|-------------------|-------------------|----------------||
[Chorus]
N.C.
~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
Q e e Q S E. W +Q Q E E E E Q H +E E
E|-----------5----|----------|----------------5-|----------------|
B|----7-7-7----7--|-7--------|-(7)----------5---|-7--5----(5)----|
G|----------------|----------|-----------/6-----|----------------|
D|----------------|----------|------------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------|------------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------|------------------|----------------|
C#m N.C.
~~~
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E
E|----------------|---------------|-----------2---|------------------||
B|----5-----5---5-|----5-----5----|-------------2-|------------------||
G|----4-----4---4-|----4-----4----|----4b6--------|-4-2--------------||
D|----3-----3---3-|----3-----3----|---------------|-----4-------2-4--||
A|----------------|---------------|---------------|-------4---4------||
E|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
[2nd Verse]
N.C.
E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|--------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------|
G|-----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5----------|
D|------------4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3-|
A|--------------4-----|-------------4-----|
E|-2------------------|-------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|-------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|
G|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5-----------|
D|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3--|
A|-------------4-----|-------------4------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5----------|
D|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3-|
A|-------------4-----|-------------4-----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
[Chorus]
N.C.
Q Q E E E E Q Q H Q S S E
C#m
~ ~ ~~~~~
Q S S E S S a E Q E E E E H S E. Q Q. E Q H.
E|-------------------------|--------5------|-5--------------|----------|
B|-7--5---5-7-5------------|------5---7----|---7--7--5------|----5-----|
G|------6-------6s4-2b2.5--|---/6----------|----------------|----4-----|
D|-------------------------|---------------|----------------|----3-----|
A|-------------------------|---------------|----------------|----------|
E|-------------------------|---------------|----------------|----------|
N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~~
+W Q Q +E S S Q
E|------------|---------------2---2--|
B|-(5)--------|-----------------2----|
G|-(4)--------|----4b6===(4)r--------|
D|-(3)--------|----------------------|
A|------------|----------------------|
E|------------|----------------------|
[Guitar Solo]
N.C.
~~~~
S S E E E E E E S S +W
E|---------------------------------||---------|
B|-5-2-----------------10-12-12b14-||-(12)----|
G|-----4-2b2.5-----/11-------------||---------|
D|---------------------------------||---------|
A|-------------4-------------------||---------|
E|---------------------------------||---------|
~~
Q q q e +E S E. Q H
E|-----------------------------|---------------------|
B|----12b14--12b14--12b14r(12)-|-10---------10b11----|
G|-----------------------------|----11--11-----------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------|
~~~~~~
Q E +H +E S E. Q H
E|------------------------|---------------------|
B|----12b14==(12)r===(12)-|-10---------10b11----|
G|------------------------|----11--11-----------|
D|------------------------|---------------------|
A|------------------------|---------------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|------10-12b14-(12)-12-10-12-|-10-12-12b14-12-10-12-10-12-|
G|---11------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
~~
Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
E|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-10b10.5-----------10-12b14-|-(12)---12b14---12b14---12b16----|
G|----------11----11----------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E Q +E +E S S E +H.
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
B|-12b17---12b17---12b17===(12)r(12)-|-10h12-10-(10)------|
G|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+H E E E E +H +E E Q
E|------------------------|--------------------|
B|-(10)---------10-12b14==|=(12)----(12)r------|
G|-----------11-----------|--------------------|
D|------------------------|--------------------|
A|------------------------|--------------------|
E|------------------------|--------------------|
~~~~~~
Q q q Q +E +E S E. Q Q
E|----12-----12-----12------|-(12)--------------------|
B|----12b14--12b14--12b14===|=(12)r(12)-10------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------11--11-----|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~
E S S S E. S S S S S S E
E|------------14-------14----------------14-17b19-|
B|---------14----17b19----17-14-------14----------|
G|---16b18----------------------16b18-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
~~
+Q Q S S S S S S S S
E|-(17)--17--14----------------------------|
B|--------------17-14-------14-17-------14-|
G|--------------------16b18-------16b18----|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
E|-------------------------------------------------------------14--|
B|-17-------14-17-------14-17-------14-17-------14-17-------14-----|
G|----16b18-------16b18-------16b18-------16b18-------16b18--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~
Q S S S S S S S S S S E
E|--------14----------------14---------------------|
B|-17b19-----17-14-------14----17-14----14---------|
G|-----------------16b18-------------16----14b14.5-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
~~ ~~~~~
Q Q E E +S S E Q Q S S E S S E
E|----------------------------14-|-17b19--17--14----------------14-|
B|-------------------------14----|---------------17-14-------14----|
G|-----14b16----16b18-(16)-------|---------------------16b18-------|
D|-16----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~
Q S S S S S S S S S S E
E|--------14----------------14---------------------|
B|-17b19-----17-14-------14----17-14----14---------|
G|-----------------16b18-------------16----14b14.5-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
[3rd Verse]
N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +H E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|-----------|-----------------||--------------------|
B|-----------|-----------------||--------------------|
G|-----------|-----------------||----2b2.5-----------|
D|-16--------|-(16)--------2-3-||-4---------4---2-3--|
A|-----------|-----------4-----||-------------4------|
E|-----------|-----------------||--------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5----------|
D|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3-|
A|-------------4-----|-------------4-----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|-------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|
G|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5-----------|
D|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3--|
A|-------------4-----|-------------4------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5----------|
D|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4---2-3-|
A|-------------4-----|-------------4-----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
[Chorus]
N.C.
~ ~
Q Q H Q e e Q S E. W
E|----------------||-----------5----|------|
B|----------------||----7-7-7----7--|-7----|
G|----2b2.5-------||----------------|------|
D|-4---------4----||----------------|------|
A|----------------||----------------|------|
E|----------------||----------------|------|
C#m
~~~
+Q Q E E E E Q E E +Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
E|----------------5-|------5-(5)-----|----------------|----------------|
B|-(7)----------5---|-7--5-----------|----5-----5---5-|----5-----5-----|
G|-----------/6-----|----------------|----4-----4---4-|----4-----4-----|
D|------------------|----------------|----3-----3---3-|----3-----3-----|
A|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
N.C.
~~~
Q H S S E E E E E E E E E
E|-----------2-0---|-----------------------||
B|---------------2-|--------------10-12b14-||
G|----4b6----------|-4-2-------11----------||
D|-----------------|-----4-----------------||
A|-----------------|-------4---------------||
E|-----------------|-----------------------||
[Outro]
N.C.
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+W Q q q Q
E|-------------|--------------------------|
B|-(12)--------|----12b14--12b14--12b14r==|
G|-------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------|--------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Q S E. H +Q Q E E +Q
E|--------------------|-------------------------|
B|-(12)--10-----------|------------10b14==(10)r=|
G|----------11--11----|-(11)--------------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------------|
~
Q S E. E|-------------------|----------------||----5---5----5-----| B|-------------------|----------------||------7---7----7---| G|----2b2.5----------|----2b2.5-------||-------------------| D|-4---------4---2-3-|-4---------4----||-------------------| A|-------------4-----|----------------||-------------------| E|-------------------|----------------||-------------------| +Q Q E E +Q +Q Q E E E
~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
+H E E E E +H E Q +E S E. H S E. W
E|----------------|----------7pb9r=(7)-|-5---------5----|------|
B|-(7)--------7-7-|-(7)------7pb9r=(7)-|---7--7------7--|-7----|
G|----------6-----|--------------------|----------------|------|
D|----------------|--------------------|----------------|------|
A|----------------|--------------------|----------------|------|
E|----------------|--------------------|----------------|------|
~
E E|-------------------------|-------------------| B|-(10)-------10b14==(10)r=|=(10)---------7-7--| G|-------------------------|------------6------| D|-------------------------|-------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------| C#mQ H. +W N.C.W E E e a E +H W
E|------------|------------|----------|------------------|------*|
B|----5-------|-(5)--------|----------|------------------|------*|
G|----4-------|-(4)--------|----------|------------------|------*|
D|----3-------|-(3)--------|----------|-----2-2h4-(4)----|------*|
A|-4----------|------------|----------|---4--------------|------*|
E|------------|------------|----------|------------------|------*|
[Lyrics]
Oh pretty woman she's the rising sun
Says all your cheap paint and powder ain't gonna help you none
She's a pretty woman right down to the bone
So you just might as well still leave your skin alone
Pretty woman
What's the matter with you
Can't make you love me, no matter what I do
Oh pretty woman what you trying to do
You kept on foolin' around till I got stuck on you
So you just drop that mess and come down off your throne
Stop using my poor heart as a stepping stone
Pretty woman
What's the matter with you
Can't make you love me, no matter what I do
Oh pretty woman that's all right for you
Now you just go on doing what you want to do
But someday when you thing you've got it made
You get in water deep enough so you can't wade
Pretty woman
What's the matter with you
Can't make you love me, no matter what I do
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| h - hammer-on
| p - pull-off
| b - 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
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