tabbed by Bekkos.
The original is not played with open chords but barred.
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
Left a good job in the city
C
Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day
C
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
C
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
[Chorus]
G
Big wheel keep on turnin'
Am F
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
C G
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
[Verse 2]
C G
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
C
Pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans
C
But I never saw the good side of the city
(Slide E-string down from fret 17 to 7)
N.C
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
[Chorus]
G
Big wheel keep on turnin'
Am F
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
(F is a riff)
C F
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
C*
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
[Solo guitar lick]
G Bb G D C F C
[Verse 3]
C
If you come down to the river
C
Bet you gonna find some people who live
C
You don't have to worry 'cause you have [if you got] no money
C F
People on the river are happy to give
[Chorus]
G
Big wheel keep on turnin'
Am F
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
C Am C
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river (Yeah)
C Am C
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
[Guitar Solo]
C
Bb G Bb G
Bb G Bb C G7
C Am G C
G C G C
G Am
F C
D C D C
C
G C G C
C
Am Bb C
F G C G
Am F
C
D C
C D C G
[Verse 4]
C
Left a good job in the city
C
Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day
C
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
C
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
[Chorus]
G
Big wheel keep on turnin'
Am F
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
C Am
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
C
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
[Outro]
Bb F Db C*
F*
* = Let ring