The Band<\/p>\n
UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK\r\nRobbie Robertson\r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n \r\ne|-----------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------------------------------|\r\nG|--------0-----------0-2--------0----------0-2--|\r\nD|---0--2--------0--2-------0--2-------0--2------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------|\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n \r\n A<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nWhen I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?\r\nA<\/span> D<\/span> E<\/span>\r\n Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.\r\n A<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nTo Lake Charles, Louisianna, little Bessie, a girl who I once knew.\r\nA<\/span> D<\/span> E<\/span>\r\n She told me just to come on by if there's anything that she could do.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\n \r\nA<\/span>\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.\r\nD<\/span>\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.\r\nE<\/span>\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.\r\n F#m<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nA<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nGood luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go.\r\nA<\/span> D<\/span> E<\/span>\r\n She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show.\r\n A<\/span> D<\/span>\r\nThe odds were in my favor, I had them five to one.\r\nA<\/span> D<\/span> E<\/span>\r\n That nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\n \r\nA<\/span>\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.\r\nD<\/span>\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.\r\nE<\/span>\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.\r\n F#m<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n A D\r\nI took up all of my winnings and I gave little Bessie half.\r\nA D E\r\n She tore it up and threw it in my face just for a laugh.\r\n A D\r\nAnd there's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see.\r\nA D E\r\n that's when that little love of mine dips her doughnut in my tea.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\n \r\nA\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.\r\nD\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.\r\nE\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.\r\n F#m G\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nA D\r\nMe and my mate we were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box.\r\nA D E\r\n She says, \"I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk.\"\r\n A D\r\nNow that just gave my heart a throb to the bottom of my feet.\r\nA D E\r\n And I swore as I took another pull, my Bessie can't be beat.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\n \r\nA\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.\r\nD\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.\r\nE\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.\r\n F#m G\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Yodel over]\r\n \r\n|A |D |A |D |\r\n \r\n|A |D |A |D |\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n A D\r\nThere's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold.\r\nA D E\r\n And this living on the road is getting pretty old.\r\n A D\r\nSo I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in.\r\n A D\r\nBut you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted\r\n E\r\nTo go and see my Bessie again.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Refrain]\r\n \r\nA\r\nUp on Cripple Creek, she sends me.\r\nD\r\nIf I spring a leak, she mends me.\r\nE\r\nI don't have to speak, she defends me.\r\n F#m G\r\nA drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Yodel over]\r\n \r\n|A |D |A |D |\r\n \r\nand fade\r\nX<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Band UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK Robbie Robertson [Intro] e|———————————————–| B|———————————————–| G|——–0———–0-2——–0———-0-2–| D|—0–2——–0–2——-0–2——-0–2——| A|———————————————–| E|———————————————–| [Verse] A D When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go? A D E Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. A D To Lake Charles, …