{title: Proud Mary}
{artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 121}
{key: D}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Riff}
[C] [-] [A] [C] [-] [A] [C] [-] [A] [-] [G] [-] [F] [-] [D]
[D]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[D]left a good job in the city
working for the man ev'ry night and day
but I never lost a minute of sleep when
worrying 'bout the way that things might have been
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[A]big wheels keep on turning, [Bm]proud Mary keeps on burning
[D]rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[D]cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans
but i never saw the good side of the city
'til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
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{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Riff}
[C] [-] [A] [C] [-] [A] [C] [-] [A] [-] [G] [-] [F] [-] [D]
[D]
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{start_of_part: Solo}
[D]
[D]
[A] [Bm]
[D]rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[D]if you come down to the river
betcha gonna find the people who live
you don't have to worry though you have no money
people on the river are happy to give
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{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[D]rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
[C] [-] [A] [C] [-] [A] [C] [-] [A] [-] [G] [-] [F] [-] [D]
[D]
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