Intro Strum:
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Verse:
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Left a good job in the city, workin for the man every night and day
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and I never lost one minute of sleepin”, worryin” “bout the way things might
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have been. Big wheel a-keep on turnin” Proud Mary keep on burnin”,
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Roll – in”, rollin”, rollin” on the river.
Verse:
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Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, pumped a lot of pain down in New
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Orleans, But I never saw the good side of the city, till I hitched a ride
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on a river boat queen. Big wheel a-keep on turnin, Proud Mary keep on
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burnin, roll – in, rollin, rollin on the river.
Intro Strum:
|C A |C A |C A G F | F F D D | D D
Verse Instrumental:
D D D D
D D D D
A A Bm Bm
D D D D
roll – in, rollin, rollin on the river.
Intro Strum:
|C A |C A |C A G F | F F D D | D D
Verse:
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If you come down to the river, bet you”re gonna find some people who live,
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you don”t have to worry, cause you have no money, people on the river are
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happy to give. Big wheel keep on turnin, Proud Mary keep on burnin,
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roll – in, rollin, rollin on the river.
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roll – in, rollin, rollin on the river.
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roll – in, rollin, rollin on the river.
D D D D (hold)
roll – in, rollin, rollin on the river.