Intro:  D5  D5  D5  D5 

Verse 1:
D5
Left a good job in the city,
Workin for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin&#039;
Worryin&#039; &#039;bout the way things might have been
A5                           B5                 G5
Big wheel a-keep on turnin&#039; Proud Mary keep on burnin&#039;
D5
And we&#039;re rollin&#039;, rollin&#039;, rollin&#039; on the river!

Verse 2:
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
Till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.
Big wheels keep on turnin, Proud Mary keep on burnin
And we&#039;re rollin&#039;, rollin&#039;, rollin&#039; on the river!
                                            G5  D5       G5  D5       G5  D5
Rollin&#039;, rollin&#039;, rollin&#039; on the river, the river, the river, the river

Verse 3: (schneller bis zum Song ende)
Left a good job in the city
Workin for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin&#039;
Worryin&#039; &#039;bout the way things might have been.
Big wheel a-keep on turnin&#039; Proud Mary keep on burnin&#039;
And we&#039;re rollin&#039;, rollin&#039;, rollin&#039; on the river!
Rollin&#039;, rollin&#039;, rollin&#039; on the river!
Give up dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup

 C5 C5 A5  C5 C5 A5  C5 C5 A5  G5 F5 F5  F5 F5 G5 

Verse 4:
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,
till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.
Big wheels keep on turnin, Proud Mary keep on burnin
Rollin&#039;, rollin&#039;, rollin&#039; on the river!
Rollin&#039;, rollin&#039;, rollin&#039; on the river!
Give up dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup

 C5 C5 A5  C5 C5 A5  C5 C5 A5  G5 F5 F5  F5 F5 G5 

Verse 5:
   D5                             A5 B5 D5
So if you come down to the river
                                           A5 B5 D5           
Bet you&#039;re gonna find some people who live,
                        A5 B5 D5                      A5 B5 D5
You don&#039;t have to worry,       if you have no money
                            F#5 G5 Ab5 
People on the river are happy to give.
A5                           B5                 G5
Big wheel a-keep on turnin&#039; Proud Mary keep on burnin&#039;
Rollin&#039;, rollin&#039;, rollin&#039; on the river!
Rollin&#039;, rollin&#039;, rollin&#039; on the river!(till the end)