VERSE 1:
left a good job in the city
workin’ for the man ev’ry night and day
and i never lost one minute of sleepin’
worryin’ ’bout the way things might have been
CHORUS:
big wheel keep on turnin’
‘proud mary’ keep on burnin’
rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river
VERSE 2:
cleaned a lot of plates in memphis
pumped a lot of ‘tane down in ‘new orleans’
but i never saw the good side of the city
’til i hitched a ride on a river boat queen
CHORUS:
big wheel keep on turnin’
‘proud mary’ keep on burnin’
rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river…
rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river…
VERSE 3:
if you come down to the river
bet you gonna find some people who live
you don’t have to worry ’cause you have [if you got] no money
people on the river are happy to give
CHORUS:
big wheel keep on turnin’
‘proud mary’ keep on burnin’
rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river…
rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river…
OUTRO:
rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river…
rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river…
rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river…