Up On Cripple Creek Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
When [G]I get off of this mountain,
you [C]know where I want to go?
[G]Straight down the Mis[C]sissippi river,
to the [D]Gulf of Mexico
To [G]Lake Charles, Louisiana,
little [C]Bessie, girl that I once knew
[G]She told me just to com[C]e on by,
if there's [D]anything she could do

[Chorus 1]
[G]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[C]If I spring a leak she mends me
[D]I don't have to speak, she defends me
A [Em]drunkard's dream if I [F]ever did see one

[Verse 2]
[G]Good luck had just stung me,
to the [C]race track I did go
[G]She bet on one[C] horse to win
and I [D]bet on another to show
The [G]odds were in my favor,
I [C]had 'em five to one
[G]When that nag to win[C]
came around the track,
[D]sure enough she had won

[Chorus 2]
[G]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[C]If I spring a leak she mends me
[D]I don't have to speak, she defends me
A [Em]drunkard's dream if I [F]ever did see one

[Verse 3]
I [G]took up all of my winnings,
and I [C]gave my little Bessie half
[G]She tore it up and thr[C]ew it in my face,
[D]just for a laugh
Now [G]there's one thing in the whole wide world
[C]I sure would like to see
[G]That's when that little lov[C]e of mine,
dips her [D]doughnut in my tea

[Chorus 3]
[G]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[C]If I spring a leak she mends me
[D]I don't have to speak, she defends me
A [Em]drunkard's dream if I [F]ever did see one

[Verse 4]
Now [G]me and my mate were back at the shack,
we had [C]Spike Jones on the box
[G]She said, "I can't take the way[C] he sings,
but I [D]love to hear him talk"
Now [G]that just gave my heart a throb,
to the [C]bottom of my feet
[G]And I swore as I too[C]k another pull,
my [D]Bessie can't be beat

[Chorus 4]
[G]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[C]If I spring a leak she mends me
[D]I don't have to speak, she defends me
A [Em]drunkard's dream if I [F]ever did see one

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
Now there's a [G]flood out in California
and up [C]north it's freezing cold
[G]And this living on [C]the road
is [D]getting pretty old
So I [G]guess I'll call up my big mama,
tell her [C]I'll be rolling in
But you [G]know, deep down,
I'm [C]kind of tempted
to [D]go and see my Bessie again

[Chorus 5]
[G]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[C]If I spring a leak she mends me
[D]I don't have to speak, she defends me
A [Em]drunkard's dream if I [F]ever did see one

[Outro 1]
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[Repeat and fade]