Intro: 
 
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Basic Rhythm: 
 
D=Down stroke 
U=Up Stroke 
 
    D   U   D   U   U   D 
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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' 
 
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     D 
Roll - in', rollin', rollin' on the river 
 
Riff 2 right after river 
 
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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' 
 
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     D 
roll - in, rollin, rollin on the river. 
 
Play Riff 2 here 
 
repeat intro: 
 
solo: 
 
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     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 
 
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