[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 156 - v1 - 2, v2 - 35] To [F] night I'm gonna have my [Am] self real [Dm] good time, I feel a [Gm E - 5 6 bass run] li i i [C] ive And the [F] world, I'll [F7] turn it inside [Bb] out yeah, I'm [Gm7] floating around in [D7] ecstasy So [Gm] don't [F] stop [C] me [Gm] now, [Gm] don't [F] stop [C] me cause I'm [Gm] having a [F/G] good [Gm7] time, [C - x32010] having a [Dm7/C - x30211] good [C7 - x32310] (snare) time
[Verse 1] I'm a [F] shooting star leaping through the [Am] sky, like a [Dm] tiger Defying the [Gm] laws of gravi [C] ty ..... I'm a [F] racing car passing [Am] by, like Lady Go [Dm] diva ..I'm gonna [Gm] go, go, go, [C] there's no stopping [F] me
I'm [F7] burning through the [Bb] sky yeah, two [Gm7] hundred degrees That's why they [D7] call me Mr. Fahren [Gm] heit I'm [D7] travelling at the speed of [Gm] light I wanna make a [Gm7] super [F/A] sonic [Bb] man out [IGNORE - Bdim] of [C] you
[Chorus] [F] Don't [Gm] stop [Am] me [Dm] now, I'm having such a [Gm7] good time I'm [C] having a ball [F] Don't [Gm] stop [Am] me [Dm] now, if you wanna have a [Gm7] good time just [D7] give me a call [Gm] Don't [F] stop [C] me, cause [Gm] I'm having a good [Gm7] time [Gm] Don't [F] stop [C] me, yes [Gm] I'm having a good time ..I [C] don't wanna stop at a [Ab6/Bb - x11111] all
[Verse 2] I'm a [F] rocket ship on my way to [Am] Mars, on a co [Dm] llision course I'm a [Gm] satellite, [C] I'm out of control I'm a [F] sex machine ready to re [Am] load, like an [Dm] atom bomb About to [Gm] oh, [F/G] oh, [Gm7] oh, [C] oh, [Dm7/C] oh [C7] ex [F] plode
I'm [F7] burning through the [Bb] sky yeah, two [Gm7] hundred degrees That's why they [D7] call me Mr. Fahren [Gm] heit I'm [D7] travelling at the speed of [Gm] light I wanna make a [Gm7] super [F/A] sonic [Bb] woman [IGNORE - Bdim] of [C] you
[Bridge - perhaps play C maj and play 4 3 1 on B string to follow 'ooh ooh ooh bit'] N.C. Don't stop me, don't stop me, don't stop me (hey, hey, hey) Don't stop me, don't stop me (ooh, ooh, ooh) Don't stop me, don't stop me (have a good time, good time) Don't stop me, don't stop me (woooaaaawwwww)
[Solo] (Same chords as verse) [F][Am][Dm] [Gm E - 5 6 bass run][C] [F][Am][Dm] [Gm][F/G][Gm7][C][Dm7/C][C7][F]
[Bridge] I'm [F7] burning through the [Bb] sky yeah, two [Gm7] hundred degrees That's why they [D7] call me Mr. Fahren [Gm] heit I'm [D7] travelling at the speed of [Gm] light I wanna make a [Gm7] super [F/A] sonic [Bb] man out [IGNORE - Bdim] of [C] you
[Chorus] [F] Don't [Gm] stop [Am] me [Dm] now, I'm having such a [Gm7] good time I'm [C] having a ball [F] Don't [Gm] stop [Am] me [Dm] now, if you wanna have a [Gm7] good time just [D7] give me a call [Gm] Don't [F] stop [C] me, cause [Gm] I'm having a good [Gm7] time [Gm] Don't [F] stop [C] me, yes [Gm] I'm having a good time I [C] don't wanna stop at a [Ab6/Bb - x11111] all (drums stop - la da dah etc)
(fade out with verse chords) [F][Am][Dm] - [Gm][C] [F][F7][Bb] - [Gm][D7]
