Van Halen - Pretty Woman
Transcribed by Norman Lin
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------0-(let ring for 4 beats) ----------------------------
A -2---2-------2--------------------------------------------------------
E -0---0---4------------------------------------------------------------
^ ^
This is played twice, then comes the familiar complete arpeggio:
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------0---4---2---0----------------------------------------
A -2---2-------2--------------------------------------------------------
E -0---0---4------------------------------------------------------------
It seems to sound better if you mute the E string right after playing the
G# so that the G# on the E string and the B on the A string don't ring
together. Also, with the 2 performers I saw, one played an E chord
backing while the other picked out the E7 arpeggio.
Play that arpeggio as many times as you want to lead into the song:
[E]Pretty [A]woman, walking [F#m]down the street/Pretty [A]woman, the kind I [F#m]like to meet
Pretty [D]woman, I don't be[E]lieve you; you're not true
No one could look as good as you
Pretty [A]woman, won't you [F#m]pardon me/Pretty [A]woman, I couldn't [F#m]help but see
Pretty [D]woman, you look [E]lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?
[Dm]Pretty woman, [G]stop a while/[C]Pretty woman, [Am]talk a while
Dm C (held for 2 measures)
Pretty woman, give your smile to me
[Dm]Pretty woman, [G]yeah yeah yeah/[C]Pretty woman, [Am]walk my way
[Dm]Pretty woman, [G]say you'll stay with [C]me
[A]Oh, 'cause I [F#m]need you; I'll [D]treat you [E]right
[A]Come with me [F#m]baby; be [D]mine to[E]night
(play E7 arpeggio here a couple of times)
Pretty [A]woman, don't [F#m]walk on by/Pretty [A]woman, don't [F#m]make me cry
A E (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 (hit 2 times hard then mute completely)
Pretty Woman
Supplied by Greg J. Musi ([email protected])
Transcribed by Norman Lin
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------0-(let ring for 4 beats) ----------------------------
A -2---2-------2--------------------------------------------------------
E -0---0---4------------------------------------------------------------
^ ^
This is played twice, then comes the familiar complete arpeggio:
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------0---4---2---0----------------------------------------
A -2---2-------2--------------------------------------------------------
E -0---0---4------------------------------------------------------------
It seems to sound better if you mute the E string right after playing the
G# so that the G# on the E string and the B on the A string don't ring
together. Also, with the 2 performers I saw, one played an E chord
backing while the other picked out the E7 arpeggio.
Play that arpeggio as many times as you want to lead into the song:
[E]Pretty [A]woman, walking [F#m]down the street/Pretty [A]woman, the kind I [F#m]like to meet
Pretty [D]woman, I don't be[E]lieve you; you're not true
No one could look as good as you
Pretty [A]woman, won't you [F#m]pardon me/Pretty [A]woman, I couldn't [F#m]help but see
Pretty [D]woman, you look [E]lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?
[Dm]Pretty woman, [G]stop a while/[C]Pretty woman, [Am]talk a while
Dm C (held for 2 measures)
Pretty woman, give your smile to me
[Dm]Pretty woman, [G]yeah yeah yeah/[C]Pretty woman, [Am]walk my way
[Dm]Pretty woman, [G]say you'll stay with [C]me
[A]Oh, 'cause I [F#m]need you; I'll [D]treat you [E]right
[A]Come with me [F#m]baby; be [D]mine to[E]night
(play E7 arpeggio here a couple of times)
Pretty [A]woman, don't [F#m]walk on by/Pretty [A]woman, don't [F#m]make me cry
A E (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 (hit 2 times hard then mute completely)
Pretty Woman
Supplied by Greg J. Musi ([email protected])
