[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 133 - Full drums] Csus4 x x C - x x x x - x x x x - x x x x G x x F - x x x x - x x x x - x x x x Repeat [Verse 1] [C] What is [Bb] happening here? [F] [C] Something's [Bb] going on that's not [F] quite clear. [C] Somebody [Bb] turn on the lights. [F] We're [G] gonna have a party. It's [G] starting tonight
[Chorus] [Csus4][C] Oh, what a feeling [G][F] when we're dancing on the ceiling. [Csus4][C] Oh, what a feeling [G][F] when we're dancing on the ceiling.
[Verse 2] Room is [C] hot [Bb] and that's good, [F] [C] some of my friends [Bb] came by from the neighbourhood. [F] [C] People were starting to [Bb] climb the walls, [F] ooh, it [G] looks like everybody is having a ball.
[Chorus] [Csus4][C] Oh, what a feeling [G][F] when we're dancing on the ceiling. [Csus4][C] Oh, what a feeling [G][F] when we're dancing on the ceiling. [Csus4][C] Oh, what a feeling [G][F] when we're dancing on the ceiling. [Csus4][C] Oh, what a feeling [G][F] when we're dancing on the ceiling.
[Interlude] F x x Am - x x G x - Repeat 4 G
[Bridge - G riff is Gsus4 based] [F] Everybody starts to lose control [C] when the [G] music is right. [F] If you see somebody hanging [C] around don't [G] get uptight. [F] The on....ly thiiiing weeee wanna [C] do to [G] night is go [Dm] round and [F] round and turn [G] upside [A] down. (key change to D maj)
[Drum break - keyboard solo - D maj arp]
[Verse 3] So come [D] on, let's [C] get [G] loose, [D] don't hold back 'cause [C] it [G] ain't no use [D] Hard to keep your feet [C] on the [G] ground 'Cause [A] when we like to party We only wanna get down
[End-Chorus] [Dsus4][D] Oh, what a feeling [A][G] when we're dancing on the ceiling. [Dsus4][D] Oh, what a feeling [A][G] when we're dancing on the ceiling. [Dsus4][D] Oh, what a feeling [A][G] when we're dancing on the ceiling. [Dsus4][D] Oh, what a feeling [A][G] when we're dancing on the ceiling. [End here - or jam on D then repeat chorus]
