[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 - Capo 4 - No drums - Keep capo for live so - just play low notes for verse and higher notes for chorus to simulate guitar on record] [G]xxx [G]xxx [G]xx[Gsus4] xx[Gsus4]x - Repeat
(Full drums in * G move through Gsus4 3x0033 3x0013 **D descend to Dsus2) [Distorted Riff] [G][D][C][G] E ---------------2--*2p0---0-----0--------------- B ---s3--*3p1----3-----3---1-----1----3--*3p1--- G ----0----------2-----2---2--*2p0----0------- D ----0--------------------x-----2----0------ A ----x--------------------3-----3----x----- E ---s3-------------------------------3-------
[Verse 1 - Light drums - Pluck chords on first note then chug their bass note to simulate record] [G] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [D] you And everything you do [Cmaj7] Yeah, they were all yellow [G] I came along I wrote a song for [D] you And all the things you do [Cmaj7] And it was called "Yellow" [G] ........... So then I took my [D] turn Oh, what a thing to have done [Cmaj7] And it was all yellow [G] ([Gsus4][G])
[Chorus 1] [Cmaj7] Your skin [Em7] Oh yeah, your [D] skin and bones [Cmaj7] Turn in.... to [Em7]something [D] beautiful [Cmaj7] You know, [Em7] you know I [D] love you so [Cmaj7] (drums stop) You know I love you so
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there] [G][D][C] ([G][Gsus4])
[Verse 2] [G] I swam across I jumped across for [D] you Oh, what a thing to do [Cmaj7] 'Cause you were all yellow [G] I drew a line I drew a line for [D] you Oh, what a thing to do [Cmaj7] And it was all yellow [G][Gsus4]
[Chorus 2] [C] Your skin [Em7] Oh yeah, your [D] skin and bones [Cmaj7] Turn in.... [Em7] to something [D] beautiful [Cmaj7] And you know [Em7] For you I [D] bleed myself [Cmaj7] dry (drums stop) For you I bleed myself dry
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there] [G][D][C] ([G][Gsus4])
[Bridge] It's [G] true... oooh, look how they shine for [D] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Cmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [G] Look how they shine for [D] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Cmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine (stop drums)
[Outro] [G] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [Dm7] you And all the things that you [Cmaj7] do [End]
