Begin the song with an upstroke on the & of 4, then continue with the strumming pattern above.


[Intro]
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[Spoken]                                              [Ike singing]
              
You know, ever

              
y now and then

                           
 I think you
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) Rolli

ng, rolling, r

olling on a ri

ver - Listen t

o the story no

w

[Verse 1]

Left a good jo

b (down) in th

e 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
             
Big wheel a-ke

              
ep on turnin',

            
 ooh the Proud

              
 Mary keep on 


burnin'
          
And we're roll

in' (rolling),

 rollin' (roll

ing), rollin' 

on the river (

rolling on the

 river)

[Verse 2]

Cleaned a lot 

of plates in M

emphis
(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

             
) Big wheels k

              
eep on turnin'

            
, ooh the Prou

              
d Mary keep on

 
 burnin'
          
And we're roll

in' (rollin'),

 rollin' yeah 

(rollin'), rol

lin' on the ri

ver (rolling o

n the river)

[Slow down]
             
Said we're rol

              
lin' (rollin')

              
, rollin' (rol

              
lin'), rollin'

              
 on the river 

              
(rolling on th

   
e river)

[Verse 3] (faster until the end of the song)

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Left a good jo

                 
b in the city

Workin for the

 man every nig

ht and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.
             
Big wheel keep

              
 on turnin' (t

            
urnin'), Proud

              
 Mary keep on 


burnin' (burni

n')

Rollin', (yeah

) rollin', (al

right) rollin'

 on the river!

 (go ahead now

)

Rollin', rolli

n', (yeah) rol

lin' on the ri

ver!

River dup dup 

dup, dup dup d

up dup, dup du

p dup dup

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
             
Cleaned a lot 

              
of plates in M

                
emphis, y'all

Pumped a lot o

f 'tane down i

n New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city,
'til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
             
Big wheel a-ke

              
ep on turnin' 

            
(turnin'), Pro

              
ud Mary keep o

  
n burnin' (bur

nin')

Rollin', (roll

 roll) rollin'

, (yeah) rolli

n' on the rive

r (go ahead no

w)

Said we're rol

lin', rollin',

 rollin' on th

e river!

River dup dup 

dup, dup dup d

up dup, dup du

p dup dup

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
             
So if you come

              
 down to the r

      
iver

I bet you're g

onna find some

 people who li

ve

You don't have

 to worry, if 

you got no mon

ey
              
People on the 

              
river are happ

       
y to give
             
Big wheel a-ke

              
ep on turnin' 

            
(turnin'), Pro

              
ud Mary keep o

  
n burnin' (bur

nin')
Rollin', (rolling) said rollin' (yeah), rollin' on the river! (alright now)
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!

River dup dup 

dup, dup dup d

up dup, dup du

p dup dup

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Rollin', rolli

n', rollin' on

 the river! (G

imme one more 

time)... etc
(fade)