Proud Mary chords by James Bay

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

The original is not played with open chords but barred.

Intro:
C majorC

Verse 1:
C majorC
Left a good job in the city
C majorC
Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day
C majorC
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
C majorC
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

Chorus:
G+G
Big wheel keep on turnin'
A minorAm         FF
 Proud Mary keep on burnin'
 C majorC                   G+G
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Verse 2:
C majorC                  G+G
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
C majorC
Pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans
C majorC
But I never saw the good side of the city
(Slide E-string down from fret 17 to 7)
  N.C
  'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

Chorus:
G+G
Big wheel keep on turnin'
A minorAm        FF
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
                     (FF is a riff)
C majorC                   FF
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
C*
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Solo guitar lick:
G+G Bb majorBb G+G D MajorD C majorC FF C majorC

Verse 3:
C majorC
If you come down to the river
C majorC
Bet you gonna find some people who live
C majorC
You don't have to worry 'cause you have if you got: no money
C majorC                     FF
People on the river are happy to give

Chorus:
G+G
Big wheel keep on turnin'
A minorAm         FF
 Proud Mary keep on burnin'
 C majorC                A minorAm  C majorC
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river (Yeah)
 C majorC                A minorAm  C majorC
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Guitar Solo:
C majorC
Bb majorBb G+G Bb majorBb G+G
Bb majorBb G+G Bb majorBb C majorC G7G7
C majorC A minorAm G+G C majorC
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
G+G    A minorAm
FF   C majorC
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD C majorC
C
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
C
A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC
FF G+G C majorC G+G
A minorAm  FF
C majorC
D MajorD C majorC
C D MajorD C majorC G+G

Verse 4:
C majorC
Left a good job in the city
C majorC
Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day
C majorC
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
C majorC
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

Chorus:
G+G
Big wheel keep on turnin'
A minorAm        FF
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
C majorC                   A minorAm
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
C majorC
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Outro:
Bb majorBb FF DbDb C*
F*


* = Let ring