Up On Cripple Creek

Up On Cripple Creek easy guitar chords by The Band

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    When 
    get 
    off 
    of 
    this 
    mountain, 

    you 
    know 
    where 
    want 
    to 
    go? 

    Straight 
    down 
    the 
    Mississippi 
    river, 

    to 
    the 
    Gulf 
    of 
    Mexico 

    To 
    Lake 
    Charles, 
    Louisiana, 

    little 
    Bessie, 
    girl 
    that 
    once 
    knew 

    She 
    told 
    me 
    just 
    to 
    come 
    on 
    by, 

    if 
    there's 
    anything 
    she 
    could 
    do 

    Chorus 1
    Up 
    on 
    Cripple 
    Creek 
    she 
    sends 
    me 

    If 
    spring 
    leak 
    she 
    mends 
    me 

    don't 
    have 
    to 
    speak, 
    she 
    defends 
    me 

    drunkard's 
    dream 
    if 
    ever 
    did 
    see 
    one 

    Verse 2
    Good 
    luck 
    had 
    just 
    stung 
    me, 

    to 
    the 
    race 
    track 
    did 
    go 

    She 
    bet 
    on 
    one 
    horse 
    to 
    win 

    and 
    bet 
    on 
    another 
    to 
    show 

    The 
    odds 
    were 
    in 
    my 
    favor, 

    had 
    'em 
    five 
    to 
    one 

    When 
    that 
    nag 
    to 
    win 

    came 
    around 
    the 
    track, 

    sure 
    enough 
    she 
    had 
    won 

    Chorus 2
    Up 
    on 
    Cripple 
    Creek 
    she 
    sends 
    me 

    If 
    spring 
    leak 
    she 
    mends 
    me 

    don't 
    have 
    to 
    speak, 
    she 
    defends 
    me 

    drunkard's 
    dream 
    if 
    ever 
    did 
    see 
    one 

    Verse 3
    took 
    up 
    all 
    of 
    my 
    winnings, 

    and 
    gave 
    my 
    little 
    Bessie 
    half 

    She 
    tore 
    it 
    up 
    and 
    threw 
    it 
    in 
    my 
    face, 

    just 
    for 
    laugh 

    Now 
    there's 
    one 
    thing 
    in 
    the 
    whole 
    wide 
    world 

    sure 
    would 
    like 
    to 
    see 

    That's 
    when 
    that 
    little 
    love 
    of 
    mine, 

    dips 
    her 
    doughnut 
    in 
    my 
    tea 

    Chorus 3
    Up 
    on 
    Cripple 
    Creek 
    she 
    sends 
    me 

    If 
    spring 
    leak 
    she 
    mends 
    me 

    don't 
    have 
    to 
    speak, 
    she 
    defends 
    me 

    drunkard's 
    dream 
    if 
    ever 
    did 
    see 
    one 

    Verse 4
    Now 
    me 
    and 
    my 
    mate 
    were 
    back 
    at 
    the 
    shack, 

    we 
    had 
    Spike 
    Jones 
    on 
    the 
    box 

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

    but 
    love 
    to 
    hear 
    him 
    talk" 

    Now 
    that 
    just 
    gave 
    my 
    heart 
    throb, 

    to 
    the 
    bottom 
    of 
    my 
    feet 

    And 
    swore 
    as 
    took 
    another 
    pull, 

    my 
    Bessie 
    can't 
    be 
    beat 

    Chorus 4
    Up 
    on 
    Cripple 
    Creek 
    she 
    sends 
    me 

    If 
    spring 
    leak 
    she 
    mends 
    me 

    don't 
    have 
    to 
    speak, 
    she 
    defends 
    me 

    drunkard's 
    dream 
    if 
    ever 
    did 
    see 
    one 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 5
    Now 
    there's 
    flood 
    out 
    in 
    California 

    and 
    up 
    north 
    it's 
    freezing 
    cold 

    And 
    this 
    living 
    on 
    the 
    road 

    is 
    getting 
    pretty 
    old 

    So 
    guess 
    I'll 
    call 
    up 
    my 
    big 
    mama, 

    tell 
    her 
    I'll 
    be 
    rolling 
    in 

    But 
    you 
    know, 
    deep 
    down, 

    I'm 
    kind 
    of 
    tempted 

    to 
    go 
    and 
    see 
    my 
    Bessie 
    again 

    Chorus 5
    Up 
    on 
    Cripple 
    Creek 
    she 
    sends 
    me 

    If 
    spring 
    leak 
    she 
    mends 
    me 

    don't 
    have 
    to 
    speak, 
    she 
    defends 
    me 

    drunkard's 
    dream 
    if 
    ever 
    did 
    see 
    one 

    Outro 1


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