[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-----
[Verse - very little chords - mainly just bass] [Em] Steve walks warily down the street with the [Em] brim pulled way down [Am] low [Em] Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, [Em] machine guns ready to [Am] go Are you [C] ready, hey! Are you [G] ready for this? Are you [C] hanging on the edge of your seat? [G] [C] Out of the doorway the [G] bullets rip, [Am] to the sound of the [B] beat.
[Chorus - still mainly bass] [Em] Another One Bites The [Am] Dust [Em] Another One Bites The [Am] Dust [Em] And another one gone, and another one gone, [Em] Another One Bites The [Am] Dust [F#m(F5)] Hey! I'm gonna [A] get you too. A [F#m(F5)] nother One [A] Bites The [B] Dust. [G]
[Verse - Guitar comes in] [Em] How do you think I'm going to get along, [Em] Without you when you're gone [Am] [Em] You took me for everything that I had, And [Em] kicked me out on my [Am] own Are you [C] happy, are you [G] satisfied ? How [C] long can you stand the heat [G] ? [C] Out of the doorway the [G] bullets rip, [Am] to the sound of the [B] beat.
[Chorus][################# SCROLL DURING Em ###########] [Em] Another One Bites The [Am] Dust [Em] Another One Bites The [Am] Dust [Em] And another one gone, and another one gone, [Em] Another One Bites The [Am] Dust [F#m(F5)] Hey! I'm gonna [A] get you too. A- [F#m(F5)] nother One [A] Bites The [B] Dust. [G]
[Vamp] Just drums "Another bites the dust" x 4 with hand claps Bass back in for 4 times
[Verse] [Em] There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man, And [Em] bring him to the [Am] ground [Em] You can beat him ,you can cheat him, you can treat him bad and [Em] leave him when he's down [Am] But I'm [C] ready, yes I'm [G] ready for you, I'm [C] standing on my own two feet [G] [C] Out of the doorway the [G] bullets rip, [Am] Repeating to the sound of the beat [B]
[Chorus] [Em] Another One Bites The [Am] Dust [Em] Another One Bites The [Am] Dust [Em] And another one gone, and another one gone, [Em] Another One Bites The [Am] Dust [F#m(F5)] Hey! I'm gonna [A] get you too. A- [F#m(F5)] nother One [A] Bites The [B] Dust. [G]
[Funk vamp - over verse chords] Em Am x 3 C (C/D for passing note) G x 3 Am B [End]