[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] |Em x x x - x D x G | x x x x | x x x x |C x x x - C x x x | G x x D | x x x x |Em D G| |
[Verse 1] [Em] Tell me some [D]thin' [G] girl [C] Are you happy in this [G] modern [D]world? [Em] Or do you [D] need [G]more [C] Is there somethin' else you're [G] searchin' [D] for?
[Refrain] [Em] I'm [D] fal [G] lin' [C] In all the good times I [G] find my [D] self longin' [Em][D] for [G] change [C] And in the bad times I [G] fear my [D] self
|Em x x x - x D x G | x x x x | x x x x |Em x x x - x D x G | x x x x | x x x x
[Verse 2] [Em] Tell me some [D] thing boy [G] [C] Aren't you tired tryin' to [G] fill that [D] void? [Em] Or do [D] you need [G] more [C] Ain't it hard keepin' it [G] so hard [D] core?
[Refrain] [Em] I'm [D] fal [G] ling [C] In all the good times I [G] find my [D] self longing [Em][D] for [G] change [C] And in the bad times I [G] fear my [D] self
[Chorus] [Am] I'm off the deep end [D] Watch as I dive in [G] I'll never [D] meet the [Em] ground [Am] Crash through the surface [D] Where they can't hurt us We're [G] far from the [D] shallow [Em] now
[Bridge] [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low [G] In the [D] sha-sha-l [Em] a-la-la-low [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low We're [G] far from the sh [D] allow n [Em] ow
(GAGA BUILD UP - 1 bar each chord) [Em][Bm] oooohhhhh [D] oahhhh [A] hhh, [Em] oahhhh [Bm] hhhhhhh [D] hhhhhhh [A] hhhhhhhhhh
[Chorus] (strum once and hold) [Am] I'm off the deep end [D] Watch as I dive in I [G] 'll never [D] meet the [Em] ground [Am] Crash through the surface [D] Where they can't hurt us We're [G] far from the [D] shallow [Em] now
[Outro] [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low [G] In the [D] sha-sha-l [Em] a-la-la-low [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low We're [G] far from the [D] shallow n [Em] now [Em]
