| A | G | |
| Big wheel a-keep on turnin' Proud Mary | keep on burnin' |
| D | |
| And we're rollin', rollin', rollin' 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're rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river! |
| G | D | G | D | G | D | |
| Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river, the | riv | er, the | riv | er, the | riv | er |
| Verse 3: |
| 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. |
| Big wheel a-keep on turnin' Proud Mary keep on burnin' |
| And we're rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river! |
| Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river! |
| Give up dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup, dup dup dup dup |
| | C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | F F G | |
| 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', rollin', rollin' on the river! |
| Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river! |
| | C C A | C C A | C C A | G F F | F F G | |
| Verse 5: |
| D | |
| So | if you come down to the river |
| D | |
| Bet you | 're gonna find some people who live, |
| D | |
| You don't have | to worry, if you have no money |
| D | |
| People on the r | iver are happy to give. |
| A | G | |
| Big wheel a-keep on turnin' Pr | oud Mary keep on burnin' |
| Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river! |
| Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river!(till the end) hope you get it |