| Intro: |
| C | A | C | A | C | A | G | F | G | 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 |
| have been. |
| Chorus: |
| A | Bm | |
| Big wheel a-keep on turnin' | Proud Mary keep on burnin', |
| D | |
| Roll - in', rollin', rollin' on the river. |
| 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 |
| on a river boat queen. |
| Chorus: |
| A | Bm | |
| Big wheel a-keep on turnin' | Proud Mary keep on burnin', |
| D | |
| Roll - in', rollin', rollin' on the river. |
| C | A | C | A | C | A | G | F | G | D | |
| 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 |
| happy to give. |
| Chorus: |
| A | Bm | |
| Big wheel a-keep on turnin' | Proud Mary keep on burnin', |
| D | |
| Roll - in', rollin', rollin' on the river. |
| D | |
| Roll - in', rollin', rollin' on the river. |
| C | A | C | A | C | A | G | F | G | D |
play a G on burnin“and it works :)