Oh Pretty Woman tab by Van Halen

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Van Halen - Pretty Woman
Transcribed by Norman Lin


E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -----------------0-(let ring for 4 beats) ----------------------------
A augmentedA -2---2-------2--------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -0---0---4------------------------------------------------------------
      ^  ^

This is played twice, then comes the familiar complete arpeggio:

E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -----------------0---4---2---0----------------------------------------
A augmentedA -2---2-------2--------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -0---0---4------------------------------------------------------------

It seems to sound better if you mute the E MajorE string right after playing the
G#G# so that the G#G# on the E MajorE string and the BB on the A augmentedA string don't ring
together. Also, with the 2 performers I saw, one played an E MajorE chord
backing while the other picked out the E7E7 arpeggio.

Play that arpeggio as many times as you want to lead into the song:

E MajorE   A augmentedA       F# minorF#m          A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
Pretty woman, walking down the street/Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
    D MajorD        E MajorE
Pretty woman, I don't believe you; you're not true
No one could look as good as you

    A augmentedA        F# minorF#m       A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
Pretty woman, won't you pardon me/Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
    D MajorD        E MajorE
Pretty woman, you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?

DmDm      G+G      C majorC       A minorAm
Pretty woman, stop a while/Pretty woman, talk a while
DmDm                C majorC (held for 2 measures)
Pretty woman, give your smile to me
DmDm      G+G       C majorC       A minorAm
Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah/Pretty woman, walk my way
DmDm      G+G          C majorC
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me

A augmentedA      F# minorF#m      D MajorD     E MajorE
Oh, 'cause I need you; I'll treat you right
A augmentedA      F# minorF#m   D MajorD   E MajorE
Come with me baby; be mine tonight

(play E7E7 arpeggio here a couple of times)

    A augmentedA      F# minorF#m        A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
Pretty woman, don't walk on by/Pretty woman, don't make me cry
    A augmentedA      E MajorE (strummed until the last 'A' chord below)
Pretty woman, don't walk away, hey... okay
If that's the way it must be then okay
I guess I'll go on home; it's late; there'll be tomorrow night, but wait...
What do I see? Is she walking back to me? Yeah, she's walking back to me...
Oh, oh,
    A augmentedA (hit 2 times hard then mute completely)
Pretty Woman

Supplied by Greg J. Musi (musi+@pitt.edu)