#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# Up On Cripple Creek chords The Band A 4x A (x02220@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go? A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EStraight (022100@1)down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico A (x02220@1) DTo (xx0232@1)Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)She told me just to come on by, if there's anything she could do AUp (x02220@1)on Cripple Creek she sends me DIf (xx0232@1)I spring a leak she mends me EI (022100@1)don't have to speak, she defends me F#m (244222@1) GA (320003@1)drunkard's dream if I ever did see one A (x02220@1) DGood (xx0232@1)luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EShe (022100@1)bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show A (x02220@1) DThe (xx0232@1)odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EWhen (022100@1)that nag to win came around the track, sure enough we had won AUp (x02220@1)on Cripple Creek she sends me DIf (xx0232@1)I spring a leak she mends me EI (022100@1)don't have to speak, she defends me F#m (244222@1) GA (320003@1)drunkard's dream if I ever did see one A (x02220@1) DI (xx0232@1)took up all of my winnings, and I gave my little Bessie half A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EAnd (022100@1)she tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh A (x02220@1) DNow (xx0232@1)there's one thing in the whole wide world, I sure do like to see A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EThat's (022100@1)how that little sweet thing of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea AUp (x02220@1)on Cripple Creek she sends me DIf (xx0232@1)I spring a leak she mends me EI (022100@1)don't have to speak, she defends me F#m (244222@1) GA (320003@1)drunkard's dream if I ever did see one A (x02220@1) DNow (xx0232@1)me and my mate were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EShe (022100@1)said, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk" A (x02220@1) DNow (xx0232@1)that just gave my heart a throb, to the bottom of my feet A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EAnd (022100@1)I swore as I took another pull, my Bessie can t be beat AUp (x02220@1)on Cripple Creek she sends me DIf (xx0232@1)I spring a leak she mends me EI (022100@1)don't have to speak, she defends me F#m (244222@1) GA (320003@1)drunkard's dream if I ever did see one A (x02220@1) DNow (xx0232@1)there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EAnd (022100@1)this living off the road is getting pretty old A (x02220@1) DSo (xx0232@1)I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in A (x02220@1) DBut (xx0232@1)you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted ETo (022100@1)go and see my Bessie again. AUp (x02220@1)on Cripple Creek she sends me DIf (xx0232@1)I spring a leak she mends me EI (022100@1)don't have to speak, she defends me F#m (244222@1) GA (320003@1)drunkard's dream if I ever did see one AD AD 4x Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/