Up On Cripple Creek

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