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Proud Mary by Ike & Tina Turner
Proud Mary
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:no capo
Begin the song with an upstroke on the & of 4, then continue with the strumming pattern above.
[Intro]
| D | D | D | D |
[Spoken] [Ike singing]
D
You know, every now and then I think you
might like to hear something from us (Left a good job down in the city)
nice, and easy
But there's just one thing, you see, (Working for the man every night and day)
We never ever do nothing nice and easy (But I never lost a minute of sleeping)
We always do it nice... and rough (Worried 'bout the way things might have been)
But we're gonna take the beginning of this song
and do it... easy (Big wheels keep on turning)
But then we're gonna do the finish... rough
Rough... The way we do Proud Mary (Proud Mary keep on burning)
[Together]
D
(And we) Rolling, rolling, rolling on a river - Listen to the story now
[Verse 1]
D
Left a good job (down) in the city,
Workin' for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
I was worryin' 'bout the way that things might have been
A Bm G
Big wheel a-keep on turnin', ooh the Proud Mary keep on burnin'
D
And we're rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river)
[Verse 2]
D
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
(And I) Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
(Un)til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
A Bm G
(You know that) Big wheels keep on turnin', ooh the Proud Mary keep on burnin'
D
And we're rollin' (rollin'), rollin' yeah (rollin'), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river)
[Slow down]
D G D
Said we're rollin' (rollin'), rollin' (rollin'), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river)
[Verse 3] (faster until the end of the song)
| D | D | D | D |
D C G
Left a good job in the city
D
Workin for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.
A Bm G
Big wheel keep on turnin' (turnin'), Proud Mary keep on burnin' (burnin')
D
Rollin', (yeah) rollin', (alright) rollin' on the river! (go ahead now)
D
Rollin', rollin', (yeah) rollin' on the river!
D
River dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup
[Instrumental]
| C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | G F D D |
[Verse 4]
D C G
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, y'all
D
Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city,
'til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
A Bm G
Big wheel a-keep on turnin' (turnin'), Proud Mary keep on burnin' (burnin')
D
Rollin', (roll roll) rollin', (yeah) rollin' on the river (go ahead now)
D
Said we're rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!
D
River dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup
[Instrumental]
| C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | G F D D |
[Verse 5]
D C G
So if you come down to the river
D
I bet you're gonna find some people who live
D
You don't have to worry, if you got no money
F# G G#
People on the river are happy to give
A Bm G
Big wheel a-keep on turnin' (turnin'), Proud Mary keep on burnin' (burnin')
Rollin', (rolling) said rollin' (yeah), rollin' on the river! (alright now)
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!
D
River dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup
| C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | G F D D |
D
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river! (Gimme one more time)... etc
(fade)
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Version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Standard Tuning
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D
Left a good job in the city,
Workin for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
A Bm G
Big wheel a-keep on turnin' Proud Mary keep on burnin'
D
And we're rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!
[Solo]
C#m / A#m / C#m / A#m / C#m / A#m / G#m / F# / G#m / D
(C bar on 8 , A bar on 5, G bar on 3, F bar on 1. I'm not sure the names of the chords
are correct so play it like an F#m but on different frets. (That's why I named the frets above)
It sounds great like that)
[Verse 2]
D
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans.
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.
A Bm G
Big wheels keep on turnin, Proud Mary keep on burnin
D
And we're rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!
G D G D G D
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river, the river, the river, the river
[Verse 3]
D
So if you come down to the river
Bet you're gonna find some people who live,
You don't have to worry, if you have no money
People on the river are happy to give.
A Bm G
Big wheel a-keep on turnin' Proud Mary keep on burnin'
D
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!(till the end)
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Version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
|C5 A5 |C5 A5 |C5 A5 G5 F5| F5 D5F5 G5 |
[Verse]
D
Left a good job in the city
D
Working for the man every night and day
D
And I never lost a minute of sleepin'
D
Worrying 'bout the way things might have been
A
Big wheels keep on turning
Bm
Proud Mary keep on burning
[Chorus]
D
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
[Verse]
D
Made a lot of plates in Memphis
D
Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans
D
But I never saw the good side of the city
D
Till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
A
Big wheels keep on turning
Bm
Proud Mary keep on burning
[Chorus]
D
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
[Instrumental]
|C5 A5 |C5 A5 |C5 A5 G5 F5| F5 D5F5 G5 |
D
A
Bm
[Chorus]
D
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
[Instrumental]
|C5 A5 |C5 A5 |C5 A5 G5 F5| F5 D5F5 G5 |
[Verse]
D
If you come down to the river
D
Bethca gonna find some people who live
D
You don?t have to worry girl you got
D
No money people on the river are
D
Happy to give
A
Big wheels keep on turning
Bm
Proud Mary keep on burning
[Chorus]
D
Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
You can also play G D Em G with capo 5.
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