Up on Cripple Creek Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]Whe[G]n I[Am] get[C] off[G] o[C]f th[Am]is mounta[C]in,[Am]
[C]you kno[F]w where I want to go?
[C]Straight down the Missis[F]sippi river,
to [G]the Gulf of Mexico
To [C]Lake Charles, [G]Louisiana,
[C]little Bes[F]sie, girl that I once knew
[Cm]She told me [C]just [F]to come on by,
if there's [G]anything she could do

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

[Verse 3]
[C]Good luck had just stung me,
[F]to the race track I did go
[C]She bet on one[F] horse to win and
[G]I bet on another to show
The [C]odds were in my [G]favor,
[C]I had[F] 'em five to one
When that [Cm]nag to win came [F]around the track,
[G]sure enough she had won

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

[Verse 5]
[F]
I [C]took up all [F]of my winnings,
and I gave [C]my little [F]Bes[C]sie[F] ha[F#dim]lf[C]
And she tore it up [F]and threw it in my face,
just for a laugh
[C]Now there's one [F]thing in the whole [G]wide world,
I sure would like to [C]see
[G]That's [C]whe[F]n that little lov[C]e of min[F]e,
dips her [G]doughnut in my tea

[Verse 6]
[C]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[F]If I spring a leak she mends me
[G]I don't have to speak,
she defends me
[Am]A drunkard's dream if I [Bb]ever

[Verse 7]
did see one
[Bb]
Now me and my [C]mate were back at the shack,
we [F]had Spike Jones on the box
[C]She said, "I can't take the way he sings,[F]
but [C]I love to hear [F]him talk"
Now [C]that just gave my heart a
[F]throb, to the bottom of my feet
And I swore and [C]I took another pull,
my Bessie can't be beat

[Verse 8]
Now there's a flood out in [F]Californi
a and up north it's freezing cold
And this living on [G]the road
is getting pretty old
So I guess I'll call up my big
[Am]mama, tell her I'll be rolling in
But [Bb]you know, deep down,
I'm kind of tempted
To go and [C]see my Bessie again.

[Verse 9]
Up on Cripple [C]Creek she sends me
[F]If I spring a leak she mends me
[G]I don't have to speak, she defends me
A [Am]drunkard's dream if I [Bb]ever did see one