[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 Verse - just bass drum - BPM 99] Think about [A] it, [E] there must [D] be higher [E] love [D] Down in the [A] heart or hidden [F#m] in the stars a- [E] bove With [A] out it, [E] life is a [D] wasted time [E] [D] Look inside [A] your heart, I'll [E] look inside [B] mine
(Drums pattern is B B B S - first half - B S B S second half of each line) [B] Things look so bad [C#m] everywhere [B] In this whole world, [G#m] what is [A] fair? [B] We walk blind and we [A] try to [E] see [B] Falling behind in what [G#m] could [C#m] be
[Chorus 1 - Full drums in] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love, [B] whoa [C#m] (C#m x C#m7 C#m horn phrase - come in late to A on next line) [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] What's that [A] higher [E] love I keep [C#m] thinking [B] of?
[Verse2] Worlds are [A] turning [E] and we're [D] just hanging [E] on [D] Facing our [A] fear and standing [F#m] out there a [E] lone A [A] yearning [E] , and it's [D] real to me [E] [D] There must be [A] someone who's [E] feeling for [B] me
(Normal drums now) [B] Things look so bad [C#m] everywhere [B] In this whole world, [G#m] what is [A] fair? [B] We walk blind and we [A] try to [E] see [B] Falling behind in what [G#m] could [C#m] be
[Chorus 1] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love, [B] whoa [C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] What's that [A] higher [E] love I keep [C#m] thinking [B] of?
[Chorus 2] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love, [B] whoa [C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] I could [A] rise [E] above on a [C#m] higher [B] love
[Bridge - Just bass drum for this?] [A] I [B] will [C#m] wait for it [B][A] [B] I'm [C#m] not too late [B] for [A] it [A] Un- [B] til [C#m] then, I'll [B] sing my [A] song [B] To [C#m] cheer the [B] night a- [A] long
[Vamp] (Hammering on B/Db to C#m7 - with just bass drum) Bring it C#m7xxx C#m7xxx B/DbxxC#m7 xxxx C#m7xxx C#m7xxx xxxx xxxx X 2
[Bridge 2?] [B] I could light the night up with my soul on fire [B] I could make the sun shine from [A] pure desire [A] Let me [C#m] feel that [D] love come over [A] me [C#m] Let me [A] feel how [E] strong it could [B] be
[Vamp on B ringing] Oh oh oh
{Female vocals, only with drums - hands as per start of supersition when time to get hands back for chords play final snare figure with r/h} (Bring me a higher love) (Bring me a higher love, oh____ ) Bring me (Bring me a higher love) Oh______ (Bring me a higher love) Oh (bring chords back in [B][C#m])
[Chorus 1 - Chords] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love, [B] whoa [C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] What's that [A] higher [E] love I keep [C#m] thinking [B] of?
