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Guitar Chords for "Proud Mary"

1. The document provides guitar chord diagrams and lyrics for the song "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. 2. The lyrics tell the story of leaving a job in the city to work on a river boat, describing the singer cleaning plates in Memphis and seeing the good side of New Orleans while traveling on the river. 3. Guitar instructions are included for the intro, fill, and solo sections of the song, along with notation of the alternating chords used in the solo.

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Guitar Chords for "Proud Mary"

1. The document provides guitar chord diagrams and lyrics for the song "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. 2. The lyrics tell the story of leaving a job in the city to work on a river boat, describing the singer cleaning plates in Memphis and seeing the good side of New Orleans while traveling on the river. 3. Guitar instructions are included for the intro, fill, and solo sections of the song, along with notation of the alternating chords used in the solo.

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Proud Mary -Creedence Clearwater Revival

Intro
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continue rhythm

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:
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-----/7------7---5---4---5---4---------|
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/ means slide into


1
2
3
4
5
6

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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I'm not sure how to send this to nevada.edu so if anyone wants to they
can send it.

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