Ike & Tina Turner - Proud mary
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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]
You know, every now and then I think you D
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]
[And we] DRolling, rolling, rolling on a river - Listen to the story now
[Verse 1]
DLeft 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
ABig wheel a-keep on turnin', ooh the BmProud Mary keep on Gburnin'
And we're Drollin' [rolling], rollin' [rolling], rollin' on the river [rolling on the river]
[Verse 2]
DCleaned 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
[You know that] ABig wheels keep on turnin', ooh the BmProud Mary keep on Gburnin'
And we're Drollin' [rollin'], rollin' yeah [rollin'], rollin' on the river [rolling on the river]
[Slow down]
Said we're Drollin' [rollin'], rollin' [rollin'], rollin' on the river [rolling on the GriDver]
[Verse 3] [faster until the end of the song]
| D | D | D | D |
DLeft a good job in the city C G
DWorkin for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.
ABig wheel keep on turnin' [turnin'], BmProud Mary keep on Gburnin' [burnin']
DRollin', [yeah] rollin', [alright] rollin' on the river! [go ahead now]
DRollin', rollin', [yeah] rollin' on the river!
DRiver dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup
[Instrumental]
| C C A A | C C A A | C C A G | F F F G |
| D
[Verse 4]
DCleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, y'all C G
DPumped 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
ABig wheel a-keep on turnin' [turnin'], BmProud Mary keep on Gburnin' [burnin']
DRollin', [roll roll] rollin', [yeah] rollin' on the river [go ahead now]
DSaid we're rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!
DRiver dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup
[Instrumental]
| C C A A | C C A A | C C A G | F F F G |
| D
[Verse 5]
So Dif you come down to the river C G
DI bet you're gonna find some people who live
DYou don't have to worry, if you got no money
People on the river are happy F#to Ggive G#
ABig wheel a-keep on turnin' [turnin'], BmProud Mary keep on Gburnin' [burnin']
DRollin', [rolling] said rollin' [yeah], rollin' on the river! [alright now]
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!
DRiver dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup
| C C A A | C C A A | C C A G | F F F G |
DRollin', rollin', rollin' on the river! [Gimme one more time]... etc
[fade]