Up On Cripple Creek
The Band
from their self-titled, second album
transcribed by Clayton Ptak
evenflow_pj@yahoo.com  2-11-03

E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------0---------------0-h-2---|
D|---0---2-----------0---2-----------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
     A
When I get off of this mountain
     D
you know where I wanna go
A                 D
straight down the mississippi river
       E(7)
to the gulf of mexico
    A
to lake charles louisiana
       D
little bessie girl I once knew
A                   D
she told me just to stop on by
               E7
if there's anything she can do
    A                        
    Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
    D 
    if I spring a leak, she mends me        (CHORUS)
    E
    I dont have to speak, she defends me
      F#m                    G
    a drunkard's dream, if I ever did see one

(Clavinet with wah, riffing in G Major(avoid the A note))

Good luck had just stung me
to the race track I did go
She bet on one horse to win
and I bet on another to show
The odds were in my favor
I had 'em five to one
And that nag to win came round the track
and sho nuff we had won
        (CHORUS)
I took up all of my winnings
and gave my little bessie half
She tore it up and threw it in my face
but just for a laugh
Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
I sure would like to see
That's when that little love of mine
dips a donut in my tea (hee hee!)
        (CHORUS)
Now me and my mate, we're back at the shack
we had Spike Jones on the box
She said I can't take the way he sangs
but I love to hear him talk
Now that just gave my heart a throb
to the bottom of my feet
And I sword as I took another poke
my bessie can't be beat
        (CHORUS)
 Yodel 1 VERSE
There's a flood out in california
and up north its freezing cold
And this living off the road
is getting pretty old
So I guess I'll call up my big mama
tell her I'll be rollin in
But you know deep down I'm kinda tempted
to go and see my bessie again
{CHORUS}
 Yodel 1 Verse (fade out......)