Up On Cripple Creek chords by
Jason Manns

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Key: A major•

Verse 1

G

G

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C

C

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Bb

Bb

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G

G

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When I get off of this mountain

C

C

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You know where I want to go

G

G

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C

C

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Straight down the Mississippi River

D

D

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G

G

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To the Gulf of Mexico

D

D

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To

Verse 2

G

G

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Lake George, Louisiana

C

C

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Little Bessie, girl that I once knew

G

G

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C

C

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And she told me just to come on by

D

D

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If there's anything she could do

Verse 3

G

G

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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me

C

C

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If I spring a leak she mends me

D

D

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I don't have to speak she defends me

Em

Em

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C

C

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A drunkard's dream if

F

F

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I ever did see one

Verse 4

G

G

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Good luck had just stung me

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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To the race track I did go

G

G

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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She bet on one horse to win

D

D

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And I bet on another to show

Verse 5

G

G

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Odds were in my favor

C

C

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G

G

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I had him five to one

C

C

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When that nag came around the track

D

D

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Sure enough we had won

Verse 6

G

G

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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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If I spring a leak she mends me

D

D

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I don't have to speak she defends me

Em

Em

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F

F

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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

Verse 7

F

F

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G

G

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I took up all of my winnings

C

C

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And I gave my little Bessie half

Cm

Cm

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C

C

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G

G

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And she tore it up

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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and blew it in my face

C

C

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D

D

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Just for a laugh

Verse 8

G

G

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Now there's one thing in

the whole wide world

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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I sure would like to see

G

G

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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That's when that little love of mine

D

D

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Dips her doughnut in my tea

Verse 9

G

G

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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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If I spring a leak she mends me

D

D

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I don't have to speak she defends me

Em

Em

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F

F

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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

Verse 10

F

F

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G

G

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Now me and my mate were

back at the shack

C

C

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We had Spike Jones on the box

G

G

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C

C

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She said, "I can't take the way he sings

D

D

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But I love to hear him talk"

Verse 11

G

G

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Now that just gave my heart a fall

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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To the bottom of my feet

G

G

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C

C

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And I swore and I took another pull

D

D

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My Bessie can't be beat

Verse 12

G

G

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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me

C

C

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If I spring a leak she mends me

D

D

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I don't have to speak she defends me

Em

Em

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F

F

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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see

Interlude 1

one

F

F

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G

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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D

D

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As a flood

Verse 13

G

G

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out in California

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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And up north it's freezing cold

G

G

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C

C

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And this living off the road

D

D

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G

G

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Is getting pretty old

D

D

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So I guess

Verse 14

G

G

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I'll call up my big mama

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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Tell her I'll be rolling in

C

C

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G

G

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But you know, deep down,

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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I'm kinda tempted

D

D

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To go and see my Bessie again

Verse 15

G

G

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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me

C

C

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If I spring a leak she mends me

D

D

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I don't have to speak she defends me

Em

Em

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C

C

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F

F

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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

Outro 1

F

F

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G

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Cm

Cm

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Gm

Gm

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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C

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Cm

Cm

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F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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C

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G

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D

D

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C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

G
C
Bb
D
Em
F
Cm
Gm

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Up On Cripple Creek by Jason Manns is A major.

The primary chords used in Up On Cripple Creek are A, D, C, E, F#m, G.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like A, D, C, E, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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