PRETTY GIRL
Eric Clapton
from the album "Money and Cigarettes"
transcribed by:
Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)
solo transcribed by:
Bryce Utting (butting@rose.cs.waikato.ac.nz)
NOTES: This song is one of Eric's best ballads, but
unfortunately it's not very well-known. It is
from his 1983 album "Money and Cigarettes" and
it features both acoustic and electric guitar
work. An acoustic strums the chords indicated
above each line of tab, while the electric plays
the tab parts.
CHORDS: F = x33211 Dm = xx0231 A = x02220
C = x32010 G = 320033 C# = x46664
D# = xx5343 Bb = x13331 D = xx0232
Bm = x24432 E = 022100
INTRO:
F Dm A C
|-----------1--|-----------1--|--------------|-----------0--|
|--------1-----|--------3-----|-----------2--|--------1-----|
|-----2--------|-----2--------|--------2-----|-----0--------|
|--3-----------|--0-----------|-----2--------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|--3-----------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G A Dm C
|--------------|--------------|-----------1--|--------------|
|-----------0--|-----------2--|--------3-----|--------------|
|--------0-----|--------2-----|-----2--------|-----0--------|
|-----0--------|-----2--------|--0-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--0-----------|--------------|--3-----------|
|--3-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
VERSE:
F Dm A C
|-----------1--|-----------1--|--------------|-----------0--|
|--------1-----|--------3-----|-----------2--|--------1-----|
|-----2--------|-----2--------|--------2-----|-----0--------|
|--3-----------|--0-----------|-----2--------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|--3-----------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G A Dm C
|--------------|--------------|-----------1--|--------------|
|-----------0--|-----------2--|--------3-----|--------------|
|--------0-----|--------2-----|-----2--------|-----0--------|
|-----0--------|-----2--------|--0-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--0-----------|--------------|--3-----------|
|--3-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
F Dm A C
|-----------1--|-----------1--|--------------|-----------0--|
|--------1-----|--------3-----|-----------2--|--------1-----|
|-----2--------|-----2--------|--------2-----|-----0--------|
|--3-----------|--0-----------|-----2--------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|--3-----------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G C# D# F
|--------------|--------------|-----------5-----------------|
|-----------0--|--------------|--------6-----6-----6--------|
|--------0-----|-----0-----0--|-----5-----------5-----5-\---|
|-----0--------|--------1-----|--3--------------------------|
|--------------|--4-----------|-----------------------------|
|--3-----------|--------------|-----------------------------|
PRE-CHORUS:
Dm Bb C F
|-----------1--|--------------|-----------0--|-----------1--|
|--------3-----|-----------3--|--------1-----|--------1-----|
|-----2--------|--------3-----|-----0--------|-----2--------|
|--0-----------|-----3--------|--------------|--3-----------|
|--------------|--1-----------|--3-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Dm Bb C F
|-----------1--|--------------|-----------0--|-----------1--|
|--------3-----|-----------3--|--------1-----|--------1-----|
|-----2--------|--------3-----|-----0--------|-----2--------|
|--0-----------|-----3--------|--------------|--3-----------|
|--------------|--1-----------|--3-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Bb C
|-----------------------------|--------------0--------------|
|--------------3--------------|--------1--------1-----1-----|
|--------3--------3-----3-----|-----0-----0--------0--------|
|-----3-----3--------3--------|-----------------------------|
|--1--------------------------|--3--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
CHORUS:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/eric-clapton/123529.html ]
D Bm E A
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--10---8---7--|--8---7---3---|--0---3---7---|-5------------|
|--11---9---7--|--9---7---4---|--0---4---7---|-6------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D Bm E A
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--10---8---7--|--8---7---3---|--0---3---7---|-5----3---2---|
|--11---9---7--|--9---7---4---|--0---4---7---|-6----4---2---|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D Bm E A
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--10---8---7--|--8---7---3---|--0---3---7---|-5------------|
|--11---9---7--|--9---7---4---|--0---4---7---|-6------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D Bm E A C
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--10---8---7--|--8---7---3---|--0---3---7---|-5----8-------|
|--11---9---7--|--9---7---4---|--0---4---7---|-6----9-------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Acoustic solo:
|---------8/10\8--------------------------------------------|
|-8--8-10--------10-8\6---/10-10-10-10-/10-9-8--------------|
|-----------------------7-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6---6-8-b(10)-8--6-8-6---6-8--------------------------|
|-5/7---7--------------------7------/7-5--------------------|
|----------------------------------------7-5\3--------------|
|----------------------------------------------5-3-5--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------8----------------------------------------|
|----6-8/9/10-8-10---/10-8\6---8-6---8-6-/10~~~-------------|
|-/7-------------------------7-----7------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-/10-10-/10-9-8~~~-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6---6-8-b(10)-b(10)(8)-6-8-6--------------------------|
|-5/7---7---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----5--8--5------------------------------------------------|
|-8----------6----------------------------------------------|
|--------------5--------------------------------------------|
|----------------/7~~--7-5\3--------------------------------|
|----------------------------5------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
LYRICS:
Pretty girl, you are the light of my life
I mean my everything
You are the one I chose to make my wife
That?s why you wear my ring
And when I?m feeling down and out
You are the one who will bail me out
My love will always guide me home
Pretty girl, my pretty girl
Oh pretty girl, my pretty girl
Pretty girl, don?t ever say goodbye
Don?t ever let me be
If you do, you know that I would die
You mean that much to me
And when I?m feeling low and blue
You always know just what to do
My love will always guide me home
My pretty girl, oh pretty girl
My pretty girl, oh pretty girl
And when I?m feeling down and out
You?re the one who will bail me out
My love will always guide me home
My pretty girl
Pretty girl, hear what I have to say
It?s something you should know
You brought me sunshine on my darkest day
That?s why I love you so
And when my wandering day is through
I?ll always hurry back home to you
My love will always guide me home
My pretty girl, oh pretty girl
My pretty girl, oh pretty girl....
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