• Song:

    Oh Pretty Woman

  • Artist:

    Albert King

  • Album:

    Albert King - Stax Prof...

OH, PRETTY WOMAN (Bassline)

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 (E A D G) - 'Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=108
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|--------------|----3-3---------|----3-3---------||
|--------0-3-4-|-5------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-||
|--------------|----------5-----|----------5-----||
|--------------|----------------|-3--------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
||-----3-3---------|----3-3---------|----3-3---------|
||o--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-|
||o----------5-----|----------5-----|----------5-----|
||--3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----3-3---------|----3-3---------|----3-3---------|
|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-|
|----------5-----|----------5-----|----------5-----|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|


                                    Chorus
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E    Q  E E E E E E
|----3-3---------|----3-3---------||----------------|
|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-||----1-1---------|
|----------5-----|----------5-----||-3------3---1-2-|
|-3--------------|-3--------------||----------3-----|


          To Coda
  Q  E E E E E E    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|-----------------|----3-3---------|----3-3---------|
|----1-1----------|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-|
|-3------3--------|----------5-----|----------5-----|
|----------0-1-2--|-3--------------|-3--------------|


                                   1.
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   H    H      H    E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------|----------------||
|----3-3---------|----3-3---------|-----------|---------------o||
|-5------5---3-5-|-5------5-------|-----------|---------------o||
|----------5-----|----------0-1-2-|-3----3----|-3----3-0-1-2---||


                                Guitar Solo
  2.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E    Q  E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------||----3-3---------|
|-------------|---------------||--------5---3-5-|
|-------------|---------------||----------5-----|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3-0-1-2-||-3--------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----3-3---------|----3-3---------|----3-3---------|
|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-|
|----------5-----|----------5-----|----------5-----|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----3-3---------|----3-3----------|
|----1-1---------|----1-1---------|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5--|
|-3------3---1-2-|-3------3-------|----------5-----|----------5------|
|----------3-----|----------0-1-2-|-3--------------|-3---------------|


                                                       D.S. al Coda
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|----3-3---------|----3-3---------|---------------|-----------------||
|-5------5---3-5-|-5------5-------|---------------|-----------------||
|----------5-----|----------0-1-2-|-3-3-3--3-3-3--|-3-3-3--3-0-1-2--||


  &
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----3-3---------|----3-3---------|----------------|
|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-|----3-3---------|
|----------5-----|----------5-----|-5------5---3-5-|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|----------5-----|


  Q  E E E E E E   H    H      H    H
|----------------|-----------|-----------||
|----3-3---------|-----------|-----------||
|-5------5---3-5-|-----------|-----------||
|----------5-----|-3----3----|-3----3----||


   Outro
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E  4x
||-----3-3---------|----3-3---------|----3-3----------||
||o--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-|--------5---3-5-o||
||o----------5-----|----------5-----|----------5-----o||
||--3--------------|-3--------------|-3---------------||


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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