[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 [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] * R CfFfFfFf FfFfSfSf- L ----S--- ----S-S-- F B-B---BB -BB------ X 3 * second time only -
[Intro 2 - half the sub divisions] R C-H-H-H- H-H-H-H- C---F-C- ----F-F- L ----S--- ----S--- ---F-F-- ----S-S- F B--B--BB -BBB---- X 3 B-----B- -----B-B * second time only -
[Verse] (drums quite straight BxSB xxSx with crashes on 1 and 4 ) [E] Too a [C#m]larming now, to [E] talk about [C#m] [E] Take your [C#m]pictures down, and [E] shake it out [C#m] [E] Truth or [C#m]con sequence, [E] say it a [C#m]loud [E] Use that [C#m]e vidence, [E] race it a [C#m]round
[Chorus] R C------T -TT-S-F- L ----SS-F -FF--S-F x 8 F B---B--- B---B--- [A] There goes my hero, watch him as he [E]goes [A] There goes my hero, he's ordinary [E] [riff - 2 climbs] [F#5][A] (Drums stop)
[Back in - Guitar at *] * R C---F-C- C------- C------- ----F-F- L ---F-F-- -------- -------- ----S-S- F B-----B- B------- B------- -----B-B
[Verse] [E] Don't the [C#m]best of them, [E] bleed it out [C#m] [E] While the [C#m]rest of them, [E] peter out [C#m] [E] Truth or [C#m]con sequence, [E] say it a [C#m]loud [E] Use that [C#m]e vidence, [E] race it a [C#m]round
[Chorus] [A] There goes my hero, watch him as he [E]goes [A] There goes my hero, he's ordinary [E] [riff - 2 climbs] [F#5][A] (Drums stop)
[Back in] R C---F-C- -------- L ---F-F-- -------- F B-----B- --------
R C------- -------- C-----C- -------- L -------- -------- ----S--- -------- x 2 F B------- -------- B-----B- --------
[Build] Total 8 (4 bars but counting 8 makes more sense) Unison for 6 Momma Dadda rolls for 2
[Bridge - Drums as per verse] [E] Ku dos my [C#m] hero, [E]leaving all [C#m] the best [E] You know my [C#m] hero, the [E]one that's ooooooooon [C#m]
