Albert King – Oh Pretty Woman (Bass Tab)

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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