Proud Mary Chords
Proud Mary by Emmerson Nogueira is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords C, A, Bm, F, E, F/E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C - A - C - A
C - A - Bm - F - E - F/E - 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.
A
Big wheel a-keep on turnin'
Bm
Proud Mary keep on burnin',
(Riff 1 right after burnin')
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----------5--7--7/9/7--5-----------|-----------------------------------|
E----5h7-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D
Roll - in', rollin', rollin' on the river
(Riff 2 right after river)
e------------------------------------|
B----/7------7---5---3--/5---3-------|
G------------------------------------|
D----/7------7---5---4--/5---4-------|
A------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|
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.
A Bm
Big wheel a-keep on turnin, Proud Mary keep on burnin',
(Riff 3 right after burnin')
e------------------------------------|
B--------------7---------------------|
G--------7--9--9b10r9--7-------------|
D---7h9------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|
D
roll - in, rollin, rollin on the river.
(Play Riff 2 here)
repeat intro:
solo:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------7--7--8--7--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7--8--7---------------|
|-----------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---------------|
|-----7--9--7--7--9--7--7--9--7--9--7--9--7--9--7--9--7------7--------|
|--/9----------------------------------------------------9p7----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/10-10-10-----------------------7--7--8--7--7--8--7--7--8--7-------|
|--/11--------9--7-----------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------|
|-------------------9--7-----7--9--7--7--9--7--7--9--7--7--9--7-------|
|-------------------------/9------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--7------------------------4--6p5h6--6-7--6p5h6--6-4--6p5h6-------|
|--7--7---------------7p6h7--7----------------------------------------|
|--------9--9--5--5---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------6--7p6h7--7-9--7p6h7--7-6--7p6h7--7-----------------------|
|--9p8h9--9-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
roll - in, rollin, rollin on the river.
(Play Riff 2 here)
Repeat intro:
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.
A
Big wheel keep on turnin,
Bm
Proud Mary keep on burnin,
(Play riff 3 here)
D
roll - in, rollin, rollin on the river.
(repeat and fade)