Proud Mary Lyrics
And Tutorial By Creedence Clearwater Revival

Below you'll find the Proud Mary lyrics and my full version acoustic demo.

This was the first of 5 singles to be released from the album Bayou Country in Jan 1969. The song reached #2 on the charts and has been covered by many artists over the years.




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Full Tutorial - 10 min 22 sec

Left a good job in the city
Workin for the man evry night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin
Worrying bout the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turnin ... proud mary keep on burnin
Rollin ... rollin ... rollin on the river

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
Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
Big wheel keep on turnin ... proud mary keep on burnin
Rollin ... rollin ... rollin on the river

BREAK

If you come down to the river
Bet you gonna find some people who live
You dont have to worry ... cause you have no money
People on the river are happy to give
Big wheel keep on turnin ... proud mary keep on burnin
Rollin ... rollin ... rollin on the river
Rollin ... rollin ... rollin on the river
Rollin ... rollin ... rollin on the river
Rollin ... rollin ... rollin on the river
Rollin ... rollin ... rollin on the river

--- End Of Proud Mary Song Lyrics ---

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