[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] (no tempo - start note F# (fretted note on high E string when playing Bm7) [Bm7] i...................... [Em7] can't get off my high horse and i [F#m7] can't let you [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one ....[D#maj7#5/A#-x2103x] who [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real
[Em7] oh! what am i supposed to do oh! what am [Em7] i supposed to do baby when i'm so [F#m7] hooked up on [Bm7] you [Em7] then i realise, [Em7] oh i realise [A7sus4] that you are somebody el [A7] se's guy
[Bridge] (tempo) - add solo widdles in Bm [Em7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4 [Em7][Em7][A7sus4][A7] [G7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4
[Verse] [G7] can you re [F#m7] member the [Bm7] times we spent together [G7] sharing our [F#m7] days in the [Bm7] sun [G7] then i [F#m7] found out that [Bm7] you were somebody else's lover [G7] after all the plans we [F#m7] made, now [Bm7] were shattered
[Chorus] but still i [Em7] can't get off my high horse i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] then i realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Verse] [G7] that day in sep [F#m7] tember, i'm [Bm7] sure you can remember [G7] that's when all the [F#m7] stuff hit the [Bm7] fan [G7] you told me a [F#m7] lie and you [Bm7] didn't have an alibi but [G7] baby yet i [F#m7] still [Bm7] cared
[Chorus] you know i [Em7] loved you so baby that i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go, no, no [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and realise you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Bridge] [G7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4
[Chorus] you know i [Em7] loved you so baby that i [F#m7] can't let you [Bm7] go, no [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and then i realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Chorus] oh i c [Em7] an't get off my high horse and i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
