PROUD MARY Tina Turner
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PROUD MARY Tina Turner live arrangement backing vocs in yellow highlite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2T5_seDNZE Intro: 105-107 BPM | D | Guitar and hi-hat only; piano & organ gospel licks (talking intro) …every now and then, we kinda like to do things nice … and easy. But we never completely do anything nice & easy. Why? Because we like to do it nice … and rough! … … this is the way we do Proud Mary. (singing; full band) And we rollin’, (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ down the river. Still we rollin’, (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ down the river. [ G9-chord Gospel Piano tacet ] Verse 1 125-127 BPM D Left a good job in the city; Workin’ for the man every night and day D And I never lost one minute of sleepin' D D/F# -- G – G# passing chord climb, syncopated Worrying 'bout the way things might have been A7 Bm G Big wheels keep on turning; Proud Mary keep on burning Chorus 108-110 BPM D G9-chord Gospel Organ+Piano tacet rollin’, (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ on a river Verse 2 D Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis; Pumped a lot of 'thane down in New Orleans D But I never saw the good side of the city D D/F# -- G – G# passing chord climb, syncopated Until I hitched a ride on a river boat queen A7 Bm G Big wheels keep on turning; Proud Mary keep on burning Chorus D rollin’, (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ on a river transition D ritard … D/F# - G9 - D D/F# - G9 - D D/F# - G9 - D rollin’, (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ (oo-woo-ooh) rollin’ on the ri- ver … the ri- ver … the ri- ver Horn Interlude - 6 bars - 168 BPM D ( just before Verse, passing chords C and G last two beats ) Verse 3. 126 bpm D C G D C G Left a good job in the city; Workin’ for the man every night and day D C G D D/F# -- G – G# And I never lost one minute of sleepin'; Worrying 'bout the way things might have been A7 Bm G Big wheels keep on turnin’ (turnin’); Proud Mary keep on burnin’ (burnin’) Chorus D Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on a river. Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on a river. D7#9 (3 bars) doo-oop duh-duh; doo-oop duh-duh; doo-oop duh-duh; | C5 A5 | C5 A5 | C5 A5 G5 F5 | F5 D5-F5 G5 | D (4 bars) just before Verse, passing chords C and G last two beats Verse 4 D C G D C G Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis; Pumped a lot of 'thane down in New Or-leans D C G D D/F# - G - G# But I never saw the good side of the city; Un-til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen A7 Bm G Big wheels keep on turnin’ (turnin’); Proud Mary keep on burnin’ (burnin’) Chorus D Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on a river. Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on a river. D7#9 (3 bars) doo-oop duh-duh; doo-oop duh-duh; doo-oop duh-duh; | C5 A5 | C5 A5 | C5 A5 G5 F5 | F5 D5-F5 G5 | D (many bars … dancing riff) (Chuck Berry piano riffs) Verse 5 D C G D C G (quieter) If you come down to the river; Bet’cha gonna find some people who live D C G D D/F# -- G – G# You don’t have to worry, girl you got no money; People on the river are Happy to give A7 Bm G ( DYNAMIC BUILD ) Big wheels keep on turnin’ (turnin’); Proud Mary …. keep on burnin’ (burnin’) Chorus 4 times. D FULL BUILD Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river D7#9 (3 bars) doo-oop duh-duh; doo-oop duh-duh; doo-oop duh-duh; | C5 A5 | C5 A5 | C5 A5 G5 F5 | F5 D5-F5 G5 | D (4 bars) Chorus 4 times. D Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river Ending syncopated horn hits ( x #F G G# A ) ( x #F G G# A ) x #F G G# A B C …. D .