Chords for The Band - Up On Cripple Creek
Tempo:
133.35 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
G
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G]
[A] [G]
[D] [Em] [A] When I get off of this mountain, [D] you know where I want to go.
[A] Straight down the [D] Mississippi [E] River to the Gulf of Mexico.
[A] The Lake Charles, Louisiana, a [D] little place that I once knew.
[A]
She told me [D] just to come on by [E] if there's anything [D] she could do.
[A] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [D] me a pot springer leak.
She bends [E] me, I don't have to speak.
She defends [F#m] me, a drunkard's dream, [G] if I ever did see one.
[A] Well, now me and my mate were back at the shack.
We [D] had Spike Jones on the box.
[A]
He said, I can't [D] take the way he sang, [E] but I love to hear him [Bm] talk.
[C] [A] Now, there's one thing in the whole wide [D] world I sure do love to see.
[A]
That's how that little [D] sweet thing of mine [E] puts a donut in my teeth.
[A]
On Cripple Creek, she sends me [D] a pot springer leak.
She bends me, [E] I don't have to speak.
She defends me, [F#m] a drunkard's dream, [G] if I ever did see one.
[A] There's a flood out in California, and up [D]
north it's freezing cold.
[A]
And there's something [D] off of the road [E] that's getting pretty old.
[Bm] So [A] I guess I'll call up my big mama [D] and tell her I'll be rolling in.
[A] But you know, deep [D] down, I'm sort of tempted [E] to go and see my bestie again.
[A] I'm going up on Cripple Creek.
She sends [D] me a pot springer leak.
She bends me, [E] I don't have to speak.
She [F#m] defends me, a drunkard's dream, if [G] I ever did see one.
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[D] [Em] [A] When I get off of this mountain, [D] you know where I want to go.
[A] Straight down the [D] Mississippi [E] River to the Gulf of Mexico.
[A] The Lake Charles, Louisiana, a [D] little place that I once knew.
[A]
She told me [D] just to come on by [E] if there's anything [D] she could do.
[A] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [D] me a pot springer leak.
She bends [E] me, I don't have to speak.
She defends [F#m] me, a drunkard's dream, [G] if I ever did see one.
[A] Well, now me and my mate were back at the shack.
We [D] had Spike Jones on the box.
[A]
He said, I can't [D] take the way he sang, [E] but I love to hear him [Bm] talk.
[C] [A] Now, there's one thing in the whole wide [D] world I sure do love to see.
[A]
That's how that little [D] sweet thing of mine [E] puts a donut in my teeth.
[A]
On Cripple Creek, she sends me [D] a pot springer leak.
She bends me, [E] I don't have to speak.
She defends me, [F#m] a drunkard's dream, [G] if I ever did see one.
[A] There's a flood out in California, and up [D]
north it's freezing cold.
[A]
And there's something [D] off of the road [E] that's getting pretty old.
[Bm] So [A] I guess I'll call up my big mama [D] and tell her I'll be rolling in.
[A] But you know, deep [D] down, I'm sort of tempted [E] to go and see my bestie again.
[A] I'm going up on Cripple Creek.
She sends [D] me a pot springer leak.
She bends me, [E] I don't have to speak.
She [F#m] defends me, a drunkard's dream, if [G] I ever did see one.
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Key:
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_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ When I get off of this mountain, _ [D] you know where I want to go.
_ _ _ [A] Straight down the [D] Mississippi [E] River to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ [A] The Lake Charles, Louisiana, _ a [D] little place that I once knew.
_ _ [A] _
She told me [D] just to come on by [E] if there's anything [D] she could do.
_ _ [A] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [D] me a pot springer leak.
She bends [E] me, I don't have to speak.
She defends [F#m] me, a drunkard's dream, [G] if I ever did see one.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ Well, now me and my mate were back at the shack.
We [D] had Spike Jones on the box.
_ _ [A] _
He said, I can't [D] take the way he sang, [E] but I love to hear him [Bm] talk.
_ [C] _ [A] _ Now, there's one thing in the whole wide [D] world I sure do love to see.
_ _ _ [A]
That's how that little [D] sweet thing of mine [E] puts a donut in my teeth.
_ _ _ _ [A]
On Cripple Creek, she sends me [D] a pot springer leak.
She bends me, [E] I don't have to speak.
She defends me, [F#m] a drunkard's dream, [G] if I ever did see one.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] There's a flood out in California, _ and up [D]
north it's freezing cold.
_ _ [A] _
And there's something [D] off of the road [E] that's getting pretty old.
_ [Bm] So [A] I guess I'll call up my big mama _ [D] and tell her I'll be rolling in.
_ _ [A] But you know, deep [D] down, I'm sort of tempted [E] to go and see my bestie again.
_ [A] I'm going up on Cripple Creek.
She sends [D] me a pot springer leak.
She bends me, [E] I don't have to speak.
She [F#m] defends me, a drunkard's dream, if [G] I ever did see one.
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_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ When I get off of this mountain, _ [D] you know where I want to go.
_ _ _ [A] Straight down the [D] Mississippi [E] River to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ [A] The Lake Charles, Louisiana, _ a [D] little place that I once knew.
_ _ [A] _
She told me [D] just to come on by [E] if there's anything [D] she could do.
_ _ [A] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [D] me a pot springer leak.
She bends [E] me, I don't have to speak.
She defends [F#m] me, a drunkard's dream, [G] if I ever did see one.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ Well, now me and my mate were back at the shack.
We [D] had Spike Jones on the box.
_ _ [A] _
He said, I can't [D] take the way he sang, [E] but I love to hear him [Bm] talk.
_ [C] _ [A] _ Now, there's one thing in the whole wide [D] world I sure do love to see.
_ _ _ [A]
That's how that little [D] sweet thing of mine [E] puts a donut in my teeth.
_ _ _ _ [A]
On Cripple Creek, she sends me [D] a pot springer leak.
She bends me, [E] I don't have to speak.
She defends me, [F#m] a drunkard's dream, [G] if I ever did see one.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] There's a flood out in California, _ and up [D]
north it's freezing cold.
_ _ [A] _
And there's something [D] off of the road [E] that's getting pretty old.
_ [Bm] So [A] I guess I'll call up my big mama _ [D] and tell her I'll be rolling in.
_ _ [A] But you know, deep [D] down, I'm sort of tempted [E] to go and see my bestie again.
_ [A] I'm going up on Cripple Creek.
She sends [D] me a pot springer leak.
She bends me, [E] I don't have to speak.
She [F#m] defends me, a drunkard's dream, if [G] I ever did see one.
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