[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-----
[Intro - BPM 117 - No drums high riff] [Gm7][Gm7][Gm7][Dm7] E -10-----10-10------10---10-- B -10h11--11-11------11---10-- G -10-----10-10------10---10-- D -10h12--12-12------12---10-- A -10-----10-10------10---10-- E -10-----10-10------10---10-- Dr B S B S
[Verse] [Verse riff] [Gm7][Gm7][Gm7][Dm7] E -3-----3-3------3---5----- B -3-----3-3------3---6---- G -3-----3-3------3---5---- D -3-----3-3------3---7---- A -3h5---5-5------5---5------ E -3-----3-3------3---5---- Dr B S B S
[Gm7] Down around the corner, half a mile from here See them long trains run, and you watch them disappear
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse] You [Gm7] know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks She lost her home and her family and she won't be coming back
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse] Well the Ill [Gm7] inois Central And the [Gm7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Gm7] keep on pushin' mama You [Gm7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse - Rhythm changes to (BB) S B S for Gm7 section] [Gm7] E -3----------------- B -3----------------- G -3----------------- D -3--5--------------- A -3--5--------------- E -3----------------- Dr B B S B S
Well the Ill [Gm7] inois Central And the [Gm7] Southern Central Freight Got to [Gm7] keep on pushin' mama You [Gm7] know they're running late
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Gm7]
[Verse - Rhythm - drop snare just bass drum] Well the [Gm7] pistons keep on turning A nd the whe [Gm7] els go round and round [F] The [Gm7] steel rails are cold and hard [F] For the [Gm7] miles that they go down
[Chorus] Without love [Cm7] where would you be now [Gm7] Without lo [Eb] --o--- [Dsus4] -o [D] -ove [Cm7] ooh (drums stop)
[Intro riff] back in - ad lib til end - bring drums back in at some point [Gm7][Gm7][Gm7][Dm7] B S B S
