How to play Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman Intro

Pretty Woman Intro - Part 1

Roy Orbison's Pretty Woman is a well recognized guitar riff and it is very easy to play. It's also good finger exercise for beginner guitar players.

Tab Video
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|---------0--|
A|-------2----|
E|-0-0-4------|
View Pretty Woman Intro Video - Part 1

If you watch the video you'll see this is pretty straight forward, to play this we will play two open E strings and then use our 3rd finger on fret 4 of the E-string. That is followed by using our 1st finger on the 2nd fret of the A-string. Last an open D string. Part 1 is played twice and then is followed by part 2 below.


Pretty Woman Intro - Part 2

Tab Video
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---------0-4-2-0-|
A|-------2---------|
E|-0-0-4-----------|
View Pretty Woman Intro Video - Part 2

As you can see in part 2 we play most of part 1 but it is followed with a few extra notes on the D-string. After you play what we covered in part 1, on the D-string you use your 3rd finger on fret 4 and followed by the 1st finger on fret 2, then an open string.



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