Intro:
C A | C A | C A G F D |
Verse:
D Left a good job in the city,
Workin’ for the man ev’ry night and doy
And I never lost one minute of sleepin’
Worryin’ ‘bout the way things might have been
Pre-Chorus:
A Big wheel keep on turnin’
Bm Proud Mary keep on burnin’
Chorus:
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
Verse:
D Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
‘Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
Pre-Chorus:
A7 Big wheel keep on turnin’
Bm Proud Mary keep on burnin’
Chorus:
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
Intro:
C A | C A | C A G F D |
Instrumental:
D | D | D | D
D | D | D | D
A | A | Bm |
Chorus:
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
Intro:
C A | C A | C A G F D |
Verse:
D If you come down to the river
Bet you gonna find some people who live
You don’t have to worry ‘cause you have no money
People on the river are happy to give
Pre-Chorus:
A7 Big wheel keep on turnin’
Bm Proud Mary keep on burnin’
Chorus:
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river X 4
Outro:
C A | C A | C A G F D
Intro:
C A | C A | C A G F D |
Verse:
D Left a good job in the city,
Workin’ for the man ev’ry night and doy
And I never lost one minute of sleepin’
Worryin’ ‘bout the way things might have been
Pre-Chorus:
A Big wheel keep on turnin’
Bm Proud Mary keep on burnin’
Chorus:
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
Verse:
D Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
‘Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
Pre-Chorus:
A7 Big wheel keep on turnin’
Bm Proud Mary keep on burnin’
Chorus:
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
Intro:
C A | C A | C A G F D |
Instrumental:
D | D | D | D
D | D | D | D
A | A | Bm |
Chorus:
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river
Intro:
C A | C A | C A G F D |
Verse:
D If you come down to the river
Bet you gonna find some people who live
You don’t have to worry ‘cause you have no money
People on the river are happy to give
Pre-Chorus:
A7 Big wheel keep on turnin’
Bm Proud Mary keep on burnin’
Chorus:
D Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the river X 4
Outro:
C A | C A | C A G F D
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