[USE DROP D - MAKES THE RIFFS EASIER IF ACCIDENTALLY HIT LOW E STRING]
[Intro - Ike and Tina - BPM 85 - No drums - slow - USE DISTORTION?] [D]Left a good job down in the city Working for the man every night and day But I never lost a minute of sleeping Worried 'bout the way things might have been [Run F# G G# A - Phrase drop D 444 555 666 then to A5] [A] Big wheels keep on turning [Bm] Proud Mary keep on [G] burning [Together] (And we) [D] Rolling, rolling, rolling on a river
[Verse 1] [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] Big wheel a-keep on turnin', ooh the [Bm] Proud Mary keep on [G] burnin' And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river)
[Drums in - BPM 85 (double time versus start) - USE DISTORTION?] Vamp on [D] [D-riff2]
[Verse 1] [D-x5777x] 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 [Run F# G G# A - DROP D IS 444xxx 555xxx 666xxx 777xxx] [A] Big wheel a-keep on turnin', ooh the [Bm] Proud Mary keep on [G] burnin'
(play D at 000232 so can allude to the rolling counterline by playing D Dsus2 D5) And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river)
[D-riff 1] E -14--14----12-10-12-10 B -10-------------------- G -11-------------------- D -0--------------------- A -0--------------------- E -0---------------------
And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) [D-riff1]
[River Do Do bit - IN DROP D - G IS 555xxx F is 333xxx] (play 000232 so high F# of 'doo' rings out) D D D | C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | F F F G |
[D-riff2]
[Verse 2] [D] Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis [C-G] (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 [Run F# G G# A] (You know that) [A] Big wheels keep on turnin', ooh the [Bm] Proud Mary keep on [G] burnin' And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) [D-riff1] And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) [D-riff1]
[River Do Do bit] D D D | C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | F F F G |
[D-riff2]
[Verse] So [D] if you come down to the river [C][G] [D] I bet you're gonna find some people who live [D] You don't have to worry, if you got no money People on the river are happy [F#] to [G] give [G#] [A] Big wheel a-keep on turnin' (turnin'), [Bm] Proud Mary keep on [G] burnin' (burnin') And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) [D-riff1] And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) [D-riff1]
[River Do Do bit] D D D | C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | F F F G |
And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) [D-riff1] And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) [D-riff1] And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) [D-riff1] And we're [D] rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling), rollin' on the river (rolling on the river) [D-riff1]
D D D | C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | F F F G | (end on G) [End]
[D-riff2 - riff starts on 3rd note of bar] E ---------------7--x--x-x-- B -----5s7--777--7--12-x-7-- G -----5s7--777--7--7--9-7-- D -----5s7--777--7--7--7-7-- x 3 A -----3s5--555--x--x--x-x-- E/D----0---------0--0--0-0-
DrB--S-B----S-B-S--B--S--
E -7--5-5-5----3--3--- B -7--7-5-7----5--3--- G -7--7-5-7----5--4----Or for C to G -55---- (to make quicker) D -7--7-5-7----5--5---- -32--- A -5--5-5-5----3--5---- ------- E ----------------3-----
[Phaser Patch - Intro - BPM 136 - No drums] (Fret D major then lift fingers off as needed then ready to go straight into D) e|---------0--2--0-----0--| B|------3-----------3-----| G|---0--------------------|
[Full drums riff - play twice] D G D A e|-2-2-22-02----------2-2-22-0--5-3-2-------| B|-3-3-33-3X----------3-3-33-3--2----5------| G|-2-2-22-20----------2-2-22-2--2-----------| D|-0-0-00--0--------------------2-----------| A|---------X--------------------0-----------| E|---------3--------------------------------|
*lift barre off when playing Bm to get high E (A7sus4 part alludes to opening riff) Bm G D A A7sus4 e|-2-2-22-02----------2-22-2--x---0--2-0-X| B|-3-3-33-3X----------3-33-3--2---3------3| G|-4-4-44-40----------2-22-4--2---0-------| D|-4-4-44--0------------------2---2-------| A|-2-2-22--X------------------0-----------| E|---------3------------------------------|
[Verse 1 - on A7sus4 play high E 0 2 figure] [############Scroll position start - no additional scroll needed#########] [D] I don't care if [G] Monday's blue [D] Tuesday's grey and [A] Wednesday too [Bm] Thursday I don't [G] care about you It's [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love
[Verse 2] [D] Monday you can [G] fall apart [D] Tuesday Wednesday [A] break my heart [Bm] Thursday doesn' [G] t even start It's [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love
[Chorus - Double snare after G - BxSx SxSB - A comes in offbeat final B] [G] Saturday [A] wait [Bm] And Sunday alway [G] s comes too late But [D] Friday never [A] hesitate...
[Verse 3] [D] I don't care if [G] Mondays black [D] Tuesday Wednesday [A] heart attack [Bm] Thursday never [G] looking back It's [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love
[Interlude - Full drums intro riff] D G D A Bm G D A7sus4
[Verse 4] [D] Monday you can [G] hold your head [D] Tuesday Wednesday [A] stay in bed Or [Bm] Thursday watch the [G] walls instead [D] It's Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love
[Chorus - Double snare after G] [G] Saturday [A] wait [Bm] And Sunday always [G] comes too late But [D] Friday never [A] hesitate...
[Bridge - Bm C D A repeat] [Bm] Dressed up to the [C] eyes, it's a wonderful sur [D] prise To see your [A] shoes and your spirits [Bm] rise - Throwing out your [C] frown and just smiling at the [D] sound And as sleek as a [A] shriek spinning round and round [Bm] Always take a big [C] bite, it's such a gorgeous [D] sight ......To see you [A] eat in the middle of the [Bm] night .You can never get e[C]nough . enough of this [D] stuff - It's Friday [A7sus4] I'm in love [############] [Repeat Verse 1] [D] I don't care if [G] Monday's blue [D] Tuesday's grey and [A] Wednesday too [Bm] Thursday I don't [G] care about you It's [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love [Repeat Verse 2][############] [D] Monday you can [G] fall apart [D] Tuesday Wednesday [A] break my heart [Bm] Thursday doesn't [G] even start It's [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love [Outro - as per full drums intro][############] D G D A Bm G D A x2 (End on A)