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Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Proud Mary tab by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Tabber: Roger Olofsson (raggen@hem1.passagen.se)

Solo tabbed by: Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)


PROUD MARY
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Intro:

E---0---0---0---x--------x---x---x---|---0---0---0---x--------x---x---x--|
B---1---1---1---2--------2---2---2---|---1---1---1---2--------2---2---2--|
G---0---0---0---2--------2---2---2---|---0---0---0---2--------2---2---2--|
D---2---2---2---2--------2---2---2---|---2---2---2---2--------2---2---2--|
A---3---3---3---0--------0---0---0---|---3---3---3---0--------0---0---0--|
e---x---x---x---x--------x---x---x---|---x---x---x---x--------x---x---x--|
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
E---0---0---0---x-------3-----1------|--1--1--0--1----2------------------|
B---1---1---1---2-------3-----1------|--1--1--0--1----3------------------|
G---0---0---0---2-------4-----2------|--2--2--2--2----2------------------|
D---2---2---2---2-------5-----3------|--3--3--3--3----0------------------|
A---3---3---3---0-------5-----3------|--3--3--3--3----x------------------|
e---x---x---x---x-------3-----1------|--1--1--0--0----x------------------|

Basic Rhythm:

D=Down stroke
U=Up Stroke

  D  U  D  U  U  D
E---2---2---x---2---2---x------------|-----------------------------------|
B---3---3---x---3---3---x------------|-----------------------------------|
G---2---2---x---2---2---x------------|-----------------------------------|
D---0---0---x---0---0---x------------|-----------------------------------|
A---x---x---x---x---x---x------------|-----------------------------------|
e---x---x---x---x---x---x------------|-----------------------------------|

D
Left a good job in the city, workin for ....

and I never lost one minute of ....
might
      A                 Bm
have been. Big wheel a-keep on turnin' ....,

Riff 1 right after burnin'

E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----------5--7--7/9/7--5-----------|-----------------------------------|
e----5h7-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|

   D
Roll - in', rollin', ...

Riff 2 right after river

E------------------------------------|
B----/7------7---5---3--/5---3-------|
G------------------------------------|
D----/7------7---5---4--/5---4-------|
A------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|

2nd verse:

D
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, ....

Orleans, But I never saw the good ....
ride
            A                 Bm
on a river boat queen. Big wheel a-keep ....

burnin',

Riff 3 right after burnin'

E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B--------------7---------------------|-----------------------------------|
G--------7--9--9b10r9--7-------------|-----------------------------------|
D---7h9------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

   D
roll - in, rollin, rolli....

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 ....

Play Riff 2 here

Repeat intro:

3rd verse:

D
if you come down to the river, bet you're ...
live,

you don't have to worry, cause you have ....
are
        A               Bm
happy to give. Big wheel keep on turnin, ....

Play riff 3 here

  D
roll - in, ....repeat and fade

--

Comments, corrections:

raggen@hem1.passagen.se, Roger Olofsson

Proud Mary tab

Creedence Clearwater Revival tabs for Proud mary

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Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival guitar tabs playing instructions.

Proud Mary is written by John Fogerty, like the wast majority of Creedence Clearwater Revival's songs. The song was a single from the band's second album "Bayou Country". Both the record and the single was released in early 1969. John Fogerty plays the lead guitar and his brother Tom Fogerty plays the rhythm guitar. Use these guitar tabs to master their style. Fogerty wrote the famous chords and riff while he was fooling around with the riff from Beethoven's fifth symphony!

Proud Mary has been covered by numerous artists and bands. There were over 30 cover versions released in 1969 alone!

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