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Proud Mary
Credence Clearwater Revival
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00:00 Song Demo
00:52 Lesson Intro
01:40 Chords
04:12 Strumming Expression...!
04:49 Intro/Interlude
07:08 Verse strum
08:06 Verse strum (easier)
09:15 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

[INTRO]

 

| C  A     | C   A     |

| C  A G F | F   D     |

| D         | D         |

 

 

[VERSE 1]

 

 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                            Bm

Big wheel keep on turnin', Proud Mary keep on burnin'

 D

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

 

 

[VERSE 2]

D

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans

 

But I never saw the good side of the city, 'til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

A                            Bm

Big wheel keep on turnin', Proud Mary keep on burnin'

 D

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

 

 

[INTERLUDE]

 

| C  A     | C   A     |

| C  A G F | F   D     |

| D         | D         |

 

 

[SOLO]

 

| D  | D   | D   | D   |

| D  | D   | D   | D   |

| A  | A   | Bm  | Bm  |

 

 D

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

 

 

 

 

 

[INTERLUDE]

 

| C  A     | C   A     |

| C  A G F | F   D     |

| D         | D         |

 

 

[VERSE 3]

 

D

If you come down to the river, bet you're gonna find some people who live

D

You don't have to worry, cause you have no money, people on the river are happy to give

 

A                              Bm

Big wheel a-keep on turnin', Proud Mary keep on burnin',

 D

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

 D

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

 D

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

 D

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river