Proud Mary
 
Creedence Clearwater Revival
 
Intro:
 
E---0---0---0---x--------x---x---x---|---0---0---0---x--------x---x---x--|
B---1---1---1---2--------2---2---2---|---1---1---1---2--------2---2---2--|
G---0---0---0---2--------2---2---2---|---0---0---0---2--------2---2---2--|
D---2---2---2---2--------2---2---2---|---2---2---2---2--------2---2---2--|
A---3---3---3---0--------0---0---0---|---3---3---3---0--------0---0---0--|
e---x---x---x---x--------x---x---x---|---x---x---x---x--------x---x---x--|
 
E---0---0---0---x-------3-----1------|--1--1--0--1----2------------------|
B---1---1---1---2-------3-----1------|--1--1--0--1----3------------------|
G---0---0---0---2-------4-----2------|--2--2--2--2----2------------------|
D---2---2---2---2-------5-----3------|--3--3--3--3----0------------------|
A---3---3---3---0-------5-----3------|--3--3--3--3----x------------------|
e---x---x---x---x-------3-----1------|--1--1--0--0----x------------------|
 
Basic Rhythm:
 
D=Down stroke
U=Up Stroke
 
    D   U   D   U   U   D
E---2---2---x---2---2---x------------|-----------------------------------|
B---3---3---x---3---3---x------------|-----------------------------------|
G---2---2---x---2---2---x------------|-----------------------------------|
D---0---0---x---0---0---x------------|-----------------------------------|
A---x---x---x---x---x---x------------|-----------------------------------|
e---x---x---x---x---x---x------------|-----------------------------------|
 
D
Left a good job in the city, workin for the man every night and day
 
and I never lost one minute of sleepin', worryin' 'bout the way things might
            A                                  Bm
have been.  Big wheel a-keep on turnin'  Proud    Mary keep on burnin',
 
Riff 1 right after burnin'
 
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----------5--7--7/9/7--5-----------|-----------------------------------|
e----5h7-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
     D
Roll - in', rollin', rollin' on the river
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Riff 2 right after river
 
E------------------------------------|
B----/7------7---5---3--/5---3-------|
G------------------------------------|
D----/7------7---5---4--/5---4-------|
A------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|
 
2nd verse:
 
D
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
                       A                                 Bm
on a river boat queen. Big wheel a-keep on turnin,  Proud  Mary keep on
 
burnin',
 
Riff 3 right after burnin'
 
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B--------------7---------------------|-----------------------------------|
G--------7--9--9b10r9--7-------------|-----------------------------------|
D---7h9------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
     D
roll - in, rollin, rollin on the river.
 
Play Riff 2 here
 
repeat intro:
 
solo:
 
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D------7--9--7--7--9--7--7--9--7--9--|-7--9--7--9--7--9--7-----7---------|
A---/9-------------------------------|----------------------9------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B--/10-10-10-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G--/11-------9--7--------------------|-----------------------------------|
D------------------9--7-----7--9--7--|-7--9--7--7--9--7--7--9--7---------|
A------------------------9-----------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G------------------------------6--6--|--7--6--6-----6--------6--7--7--9--|
D--7--7---------------7--7--9--------|-----------9-----9--9--------------|
A--------9--9--7--7------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
 
 
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G--7--7--6--7------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
     D
roll - in, rollin, rollin on the river.
 
Play Riff 2 here
 
Repeat intro:
 
3rd verse:
 
D
if you come down to the river, bet you're gonna find some people who live,
 
you don't have to worry, cause you have no money, people on the river are
                A                              Bm
happy to give.  Big wheel keep on turnin, Proud  Mary keep on burnin,
 
Play riff 3 here
 
    D
roll - in,  rollin,  rollin on the river.  repeat and fade
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proud Mary
 
                       Creedence Clearwater Revival
 
~ means tie the notes
 
Intro
        ~~~                                     ~~~~~~
  _______________                   _______  __ __   _________
  | | | | | | | |                   | | | |  |  |    | | | | |  |  |
 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}                  {}{}{}{} {} {}   {}{}{}{}{} {} {}
|C     A         |       %        |C     A  G  F   |F       F6 F  D  |
 
 
  ___   _____   _
  | |   | | |   |                  continue rhythm
 {}{}, {}{}{}, {} 
|D               |       %        |
 
 
D
Left a good job in the city, workin for the man every night and day
 
and I never lost one minute of sleepin', worryin' 'bout the way things might
            A                                  Bm
have been.  Big wheel a-keep on turnin'  Proud    Mary keep on burnin',
     D
Roll - in', rollin', rollin' on the river. (fill 1)  
 
repeat intro:
 
2nd verse:
 
D
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
                       A                                 Bm
on a river boat queen. Big wheel a-keep on turnin,  Proud  Mary keep on 
              D
burnin,  roll - in, rollin, rollin on the river. (fill 1)
 
repeat intro:
 
3rd verse:
D
if you come down to the river, bet you're gonna find some people who live,
 
you don't have to worry, cause you have no money, people on the river are
                A                              Bm
happy to give.  Big wheel keep on turnin, Proud  Mary keep on burnin,
    D
roll - in,  rollin,  rollin on the river. (fill 1)  repeat and fade
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FILL 1:
                                          / means slide into
 
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-----/7------7---5---3---5---3---------| 2
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-----/7------7---5---4---5---4---------| 4
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SOLO:
 
        All I have time to tell you is that most of it is alternating between
these two chords:  Bar your index finger at the 7th fret.
 
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---7---------8-------------|
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---7---------7-------------|
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---7---------9-------------|
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