Proud Mary — Ike & Tina Turner
Chords and lyrics for Proud Mary by Ike & Tina Turner (key of C).
Verse 1
Begin the song with an upstroke on the & of 4, then continue with the
strumming pattern above.
Intro
| D | D | D | D |
[Spoken] [Ike singing]
You know, every now and then I think you[D]
might like to hear something from us (Left a good job down
in the city)
nice, and easy
But there's just one thing, you see, (Working for the man
every night and day)
We never ever do nothing nice and easy (But I never lost a
minute of sleeping)
We always do it nice... and rough (Worried 'bout the
way things might have been)
But we're gonna take the beginning of this song
and do it... easy (Big wheels keep on
turning)
But then we're gonna do the finish... rough
Rough... The way we do Proud Mary (Proud Mary keep on
burning)
Together
(And we) [D]Rolling, rolling, rolling on a river - Listen to the story now
Verse 1
[D]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
[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)
Verse 2
[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
(You know that) [A]Big wheels keep on turnin', ooh the [Bm]Proud Mary keep on
[G]burnin'
And we're [D]rollin' (rollin'), rollin' yeah (rollin'), rollin' on the river
(rolling on the river)
Slow Down
Said we're [D]rollin' (rollin'), rollin' (rollin'), rollin' on the river
(rolling on the [G][D]river)
[Verse 3] (faster until the end of the song)
| D | D | D | D |
[D]Left a good job in the city[G][C]
[D]Workin for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.
[A]Big wheel keep on turnin' (turnin'), [Bm]Proud Mary keep on [G]burnin' (burnin')
[D]Rollin', (yeah) rollin', (alright) rollin' on the river! (go ahead now)
[D]Rollin', rollin', (yeah) rollin' on the river!
[D]River dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup
Instrumental
| [C][C][A][A][C][C][A][A][C]D[G][F][F][F][G][A][C]
Verse 4
[D]Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, [C]y'all[G]
[D]Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city,
'til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
[A]Big wheel a-keep on turnin' (turnin'), [Bm]Proud Mary keep on [G]burnin' (burnin')
[D]Rollin', (roll roll) rollin', (yeah) rollin' on the river (go ahead now)
[D]Said we're rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!
[D]River dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup
Instrumental
| [C][C][A][A][C][C][A][A][C]D[G][F][F][F][G][A][C]
Verse 5
So [D]if you come down to the [C]river[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')
[D]Rollin', (rolling) said rollin' (yeah), rollin' on the river! (alright now)
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!
[D]River dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup
[C] [C] [A] [A] [C] [C] [A] [A] [C] [C] [A] [G] [F] [F] [F] [G]
[D]Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river! (Gimme one more time)... etc
(fade)
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