[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?] PLAY THE C TO A RIFF | C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | F F F G |
[D-riff 1] Vamp
[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 [PLAY NEXT SECTION WITH ALL NECESSARY UPSTRUMS TO MAINTAIN GROOVE] | 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- Just bass drum - Play with downstrokes to get correct feel] [Dmaj7]- [C#m7][Bm7][C#m7] - [F#m7] x 3 (full drums in) [G/A] (horn part slide up to high then stop)
[Verse 1 *drums back in] Do you re [Dmaj7]*member [C#m7][Bm7][C#m7] the 21st[F#m7] night of Septem [Dmaj7]ber [C#m7][Bm7] Love was [C#m7] changing the [F#m7] minds of preten [Dmaj7] ders [C#m7][Bm7] While [C#m7]chasing the[F#m7] clouds a[G/A] way (slide up to high horn part)
[Verse 2] Our hearts were[Dmaj7] ringing [C#m7][Bm7] In the[C#m7] key that our[F#m7] souls were[Dmaj7] singing [C#m7][Bm7] As[C#m7] we danced in the[F#m7] night, Remem [Dmaj7] ber [C#m7][Bm7] how the [C#m7] stars stole the [F#m7] night a [G/A] way
[Chorus - PLAY CHORDS DOWN NECK SO LESS LIKELY TO MISS] [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] never was a cl [F#m7] oudy day [G/A] (slidy horn part)
[Bm7] Ba du du [E7] Ba du du [C#m7] Ba du du [F#m7] Ba du du [Bm7] Ba du du [E7] Ba du du [C#m7] Ba du du [F#m7] Ba du du [Bm7] Ba du du [E7] Ba du du [C#m7] Ba du du [F#m7] Ba du du [Bm7] Ba du du [E7] Ba du du [C#m7] da da [F#m7] day [G/A] yeah (fast horn part)
[Verse 3] My thoughts are[Dmaj7] with you [C#m7][Bm7] Holding [C#m7] hands with your[F#m7] heart to [Dmaj7] see you [C#m7][Bm7] [C#m7] Only blue talk and [F#m7] love, Remem [Dmaj7] ber [C#m7][Bm7] how [C#m7] we knew love was [F#m7] here to [G/A] stay (Fast horn riff)
[Verse 4] Now De [Dmaj7] cember [C#m7][Bm7] found [C#m7] the love that we [F#m7] shared in Septem [Dmaj7] ber [C#m7][Bm7] Only [C#m7] blue talk and [F#m7] love Remem [Dmaj7] ber [C#m7][Bm7] the [C#m7] true love we [F#m7] share to [G/A] day
[Chorus - COULD LOOP HERE TO PLAY HORN PARTS WITH LEAD] [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] never was a cl [F#m7] oudy day [G/A]and we'll say (slidy horn part)
[Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] golden dreams were [F#m7] shiny [G/A] days
[Verse 5 - Chords follow words quite tightly] [Dmaj7]The [C#m7]bells [Bm7]was [C#m7]ringing, [F#m7] ah ha [Dmaj7]our [C#m7]souls [Bm7] were[C#m7] singing [F#m7] [Dmaj7] do you [C#m7] remem[Bm7] ber [C#m7] never a [F#m7] cloudy [G/A] day yow (fast horn part?)
[Chorus] [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] never was a cl [F#m7] oudy day [G/A]
[Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] golden dreams were[F#m7] shiny [G/A] days
[Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh de [G/A] aaaaaaah
[Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh de [G/A] aaaaaaah
[End] End on G/A with drum snare figure
[Notes] [Potential Horn Parts] [Intro part] G/A E 997575---- B -----0---- G -----0--- D -----0--- A -----0--- E -----5----
[During Chorus - Slidy Riff] G/A - * = when snare hit * ** E ---5-3s5-5------55 B ---0------------0 G ---0--------x3--0-- D ---0------------0 A ---0------------0 E ---5-3s5-5------55 Dr-B---S----B
[During Chorus- Fast horn riff] E 0-55---------55-- B 07--77-------00-- G 0-------x7---00-- D 0------------00-- A 0------------00-- E 5------------55--
[G/A General Stab] E 17-------- B 0--------- G 14-------- D 0--------- A 0--------- E X---------
