Up On Cripple Creek chords by The Band (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(A7) (A7) (A7) (A7)
Verse 1
When (A major) I get off of this mountain,
you (D major) know where I want to go?
(A major) Straight down the Mississippi (D major) river,
to the (E major) Gulf of Mexico
To (A major) Lake Charles, Louisiana,
little Bessie, (D major) girl that I once knew
(A major) She told me just to (D major) come on by,
if there's (E major) anything she could do (E7)
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Chorus 1
(A major) Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
(D major) If I spring a leak she mends me
(E major) I don't have to speak, she defends me
A (F sharp minor) drunkard's dream if I (G major) ever did see one
Verse 2
(A major) Good luck had just stung me,
to the (D major) race track I did go
(A major) She bet on one (D major) horse to win
and I (E major) bet on another to show
The (A major) odds were in my favor,
I (D major) had 'em five to one
(A major) When that nag to win (D major)
came around the track,
(E major) sure enough she had won (E7)
Chorus 2
(A major) Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
(D major) If I spring a leak she mends me
(E major) I don't have to speak, she defends me
A (F sharp minor) drunkard's dream if I (G major) ever did see one
Verse 3
I (A major) took up all of my winnings,
and I gave (D major) my little Bessie half
(A major) She tore it up and (D major) threw it in my face,
(E major) just for a laugh
Now (A major) there's one thing in the whole wide world
(D major) I sure would like to see
(A major) That's when that little love (D major) of mine,
dips her (E major) doughnut in my tea (E7)
Chorus 3
(A major) Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
(D major) If I spring a leak she mends me
(E major) I don't have to speak, she defends me
A (F sharp minor) drunkard's dream if I (G major) ever did see one
Verse 4
Now (A major) me and my mate were back at the shack,
we had (D major) Spike Jones on the box
(A major) She said, "I can't take the (D major) way he sings,
but I (E major) love to hear him talk"
Now (A major) that just gave my heart a throb,
to the (D major) bottom of my feet
(A major) And I swore as I took (D major) another pull,
my (E major) Bessie can't be beat (E7)
Chorus 4
(A major) Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
(D major) If I spring a leak she mends me
(E major) I don't have to speak, she defends me
A (F sharp minor) drunkard's dream if I (G major) ever did see one
Interlude 1
(A major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
(A major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 5
Now there's a (A major) flood out in California
and up north (D major) it's freezing cold
(A major) And this living on (D major) the road
is (E major) getting pretty old
So I guess (A major) I'll call up my big mama,
tell her I'll (D major) be rolling in
But you (A major) know, deep down,
I'm (D major) kind of tempted
to (E major) go and see my Bessie again
Chorus 5
(A major) Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
(D major) If I spring a leak she mends me
(E major) I don't have to speak, she defends me
A (F sharp minor) drunkard's dream if I (G major) ever did see one
Outro 1
(A major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
(A major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
[Repeat and fade]
Up On Cripple Creek
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