{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":61594,"song":"Up On Cripple Creek","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11541685-up-on-cripple-creek-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/61594?type=chord","rating":4.63508,"votes":1112,"content":"UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK\r\nRobbie Robertson\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------------------------------|\r\nG|--------0-----------0-2--------0----------0-2--|\r\nD|---0--2--------0--2-------0--2-------0--2------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo Lake Charles, Louisianna, little Bessie, a girl who I once knew.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  She told me just to come on by if there's anything that she could do.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe odds were in my favor, I had them five to one.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  That nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI took up all of my winnings and I gave little Bessie half.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   She tore it up and threw it in my face just for a laugh.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  that's when that little love of mine dips her doughnut in my tea.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMe and my mate we were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  She says, \"I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow that just gave my heart a throb to the bottom of my feet.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\n And I swore as I took another pull, my Bessie can't be beat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Yodel over]\r\n\r\n|[ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |[ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n|[ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |[ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  And this living on the road is getting pretty old.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo go and see my Bessie again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Yodel over]\r\n\r\n|[ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |[ch]A[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n\r\nand fade","plain_text":"UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK\nRobbie Robertson\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Yodel over]\n\n|A    |D    |A    |D    |\n\n|A    |D    |A    |D    |\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Yodel over]\n\n|A    |D    |A    |D    |\n\nand fade","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}