Chords for David Allan Coe - Cripple Creek - Live 1974
Tempo:
155.5 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
G
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
How y'all doing?
My name is David Adam Coe and I'm from Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Grand Ole Opry.
I'm D.B. Grimes.
[Bb]
Today at Basics, I want to introduce you [F] to my old friend.
[Bb] All five of us just get to the [Eb] bank.
[F] My boy light up purple sky, my wife's a thousand pounds.
My boy light up purple sky, we'll [Bb] go this way.
I get off of this mountain.
[Eb] You know where I'm gonna go.
[Bb] Straight down the Mississippi River [Fm] to the Gulf of Mexico.
[Bb] Lake Charles, Louisiana.
[Eb] Little Bessie girl I once knew.
[Bb] So told me just to come on by [G] if there was anything she could do.
[Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she [Eb] sends me.
If I sprain or knee, she [F] mains me.
I don't have to speak, she crams [G] me.
She'll conquer the [Ab] dream if I ever did see one.
[Bb] Good luck catch a slugging [Eb] to the Reece track, that'll go.
Bet on one horse to win and she [F] bet on another to show.
[Bb] The odds were in my favor, [Eb] I had on five to one.
[Bb] In that night, the wind came around [G] the track, sure enough we had won.
[Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she [Eb] sends me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains [F] me.
I don't have to speak, she [Gm] crams me.
She'll conquer the [Ab] dream if I ever did see one.
[F] [Bb] Pick up all of my winnings, [Eb] leave my little Bessie here.
[Bb] Tore it up and threw it [G] in my face just for a laugh.
[Bb] If there's no thing in this [Eb] world I really want to see.
[Bb] Swear that little girl of mine, [F] is a donut in [G] my teeth.
[Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [Eb] me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains [F] me.
I don't have to speak, she crams [Gm] me.
She'll conquer the dream [Ab] if I ever did see one.
[F] [Am] [Bb]
[G] [Bb]
[Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] There's a flood out in California, [Eb] and up north it's freezing cold.
[Bb]
And they're slipping off the [G] road, getting mighty [Ab] cold.
[Bb] Pick up all of my big mama, [Eb] tell her I'll be rolling in.
[Bb] Deep down inside, you know I'm kind of tempted [F] to go and see my Bessie again.
[Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [Eb] me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains me.
[F] I don't have to speak, she [Gm] crams me.
She'll conquer the dream [Ab] if I ever did see
My name is David Adam Coe and I'm from Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Grand Ole Opry.
I'm D.B. Grimes.
[Bb]
Today at Basics, I want to introduce you [F] to my old friend.
[Bb] All five of us just get to the [Eb] bank.
[F] My boy light up purple sky, my wife's a thousand pounds.
My boy light up purple sky, we'll [Bb] go this way.
I get off of this mountain.
[Eb] You know where I'm gonna go.
[Bb] Straight down the Mississippi River [Fm] to the Gulf of Mexico.
[Bb] Lake Charles, Louisiana.
[Eb] Little Bessie girl I once knew.
[Bb] So told me just to come on by [G] if there was anything she could do.
[Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she [Eb] sends me.
If I sprain or knee, she [F] mains me.
I don't have to speak, she crams [G] me.
She'll conquer the [Ab] dream if I ever did see one.
[Bb] Good luck catch a slugging [Eb] to the Reece track, that'll go.
Bet on one horse to win and she [F] bet on another to show.
[Bb] The odds were in my favor, [Eb] I had on five to one.
[Bb] In that night, the wind came around [G] the track, sure enough we had won.
[Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she [Eb] sends me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains [F] me.
I don't have to speak, she [Gm] crams me.
She'll conquer the [Ab] dream if I ever did see one.
[F] [Bb] Pick up all of my winnings, [Eb] leave my little Bessie here.
[Bb] Tore it up and threw it [G] in my face just for a laugh.
[Bb] If there's no thing in this [Eb] world I really want to see.
[Bb] Swear that little girl of mine, [F] is a donut in [G] my teeth.
[Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [Eb] me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains [F] me.
I don't have to speak, she crams [Gm] me.
She'll conquer the dream [Ab] if I ever did see one.
[F] [Am] [Bb]
[G] [Bb]
[Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] There's a flood out in California, [Eb] and up north it's freezing cold.
[Bb]
And they're slipping off the [G] road, getting mighty [Ab] cold.
[Bb] Pick up all of my big mama, [Eb] tell her I'll be rolling in.
[Bb] Deep down inside, you know I'm kind of tempted [F] to go and see my Bessie again.
[Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [Eb] me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains me.
[F] I don't have to speak, she [Gm] crams me.
She'll conquer the dream [Ab] if I ever did see
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
G
Ab
Bb
Eb
F
_ _ How y'all doing?
My name is David Adam Coe and I'm from Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Grand Ole Opry.
I'm D.B. Grimes.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Today at Basics, I want to introduce you [F] to my old friend.
_ [Bb] All five of us just get to the [Eb] bank.
_ [F] My boy light up purple sky, my wife's a thousand pounds.
My boy light up purple sky, we'll [Bb] go this way.
_ _ I get off of this mountain.
_ [Eb] You know where I'm gonna go.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Straight down the Mississippi River [Fm] to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ [Bb] Lake Charles, Louisiana.
_ [Eb] Little Bessie girl I once knew.
_ [Bb] _ So told me just to come on by [G] if there was anything she could do.
_ _ [Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she [Eb] sends me.
If I sprain or knee, she [F] mains me.
I don't have to speak, she crams [G] me.
She'll conquer the [Ab] dream if I ever did see one. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Good luck catch a slugging [Eb] to the Reece track, that'll go.
_ _ _ _ Bet on one horse to win and she [F] bet on another to show.
_ _ [Bb] The odds were in my favor, _ [Eb] I had on five to one.
_ _ _ [Bb] In that night, the wind came around [G] the track, sure enough we had won.
_ _ [Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she [Eb] sends me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains [F] me.
I don't have to speak, she [Gm] crams me.
She'll conquer the [Ab] dream if I ever did see one. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Pick up all of my winnings, _ [Eb] leave my little Bessie here.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Tore it up and threw it [G] in my face just for a laugh.
_ _ _ [Bb] If there's no thing in this [Eb] world I really want to see.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Swear that little girl of mine, [F] is a donut in [G] my _ teeth.
_ [Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [Eb] me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains [F] me.
I don't have to speak, she crams [Gm] me.
She'll conquer the dream [Ab] if I ever did see _ one. _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] There's a flood out in California, _ [Eb] and up north it's freezing cold.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
And they're slipping off the [G] road, getting mighty [Ab] cold.
_ _ [Bb] _ Pick up all of my big mama, _ [Eb] tell her I'll be rolling in.
_ _ _ [Bb] Deep down inside, you know I'm kind of tempted [F] to go and see my Bessie _ again.
_ [Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [Eb] me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains me.
[F] I don't have to speak, she [Gm] crams me.
She'll conquer the dream [Ab] if I ever did see
My name is David Adam Coe and I'm from Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Grand Ole Opry.
I'm D.B. Grimes.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Today at Basics, I want to introduce you [F] to my old friend.
_ [Bb] All five of us just get to the [Eb] bank.
_ [F] My boy light up purple sky, my wife's a thousand pounds.
My boy light up purple sky, we'll [Bb] go this way.
_ _ I get off of this mountain.
_ [Eb] You know where I'm gonna go.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Straight down the Mississippi River [Fm] to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ _ _ [Bb] Lake Charles, Louisiana.
_ [Eb] Little Bessie girl I once knew.
_ [Bb] _ So told me just to come on by [G] if there was anything she could do.
_ _ [Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she [Eb] sends me.
If I sprain or knee, she [F] mains me.
I don't have to speak, she crams [G] me.
She'll conquer the [Ab] dream if I ever did see one. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Good luck catch a slugging [Eb] to the Reece track, that'll go.
_ _ _ _ Bet on one horse to win and she [F] bet on another to show.
_ _ [Bb] The odds were in my favor, _ [Eb] I had on five to one.
_ _ _ [Bb] In that night, the wind came around [G] the track, sure enough we had won.
_ _ [Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she [Eb] sends me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains [F] me.
I don't have to speak, she [Gm] crams me.
She'll conquer the [Ab] dream if I ever did see one. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Pick up all of my winnings, _ [Eb] leave my little Bessie here.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Tore it up and threw it [G] in my face just for a laugh.
_ _ _ [Bb] If there's no thing in this [Eb] world I really want to see.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Swear that little girl of mine, [F] is a donut in [G] my _ teeth.
_ [Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [Eb] me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains [F] me.
I don't have to speak, she crams [Gm] me.
She'll conquer the dream [Ab] if I ever did see _ one. _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] There's a flood out in California, _ [Eb] and up north it's freezing cold.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
And they're slipping off the [G] road, getting mighty [Ab] cold.
_ _ [Bb] _ Pick up all of my big mama, _ [Eb] tell her I'll be rolling in.
_ _ _ [Bb] Deep down inside, you know I'm kind of tempted [F] to go and see my Bessie _ again.
_ [Bb] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [Eb] me.
If I sprain or knee, she mains me.
[F] I don't have to speak, she [Gm] crams me.
She'll conquer the dream [Ab] if I ever did see