Chords for RARE FOOTAGE of 'The Band' Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson - Up On Cripple Creek

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_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ How would I get off of this mountain?
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Yeah, you hear the morning call. _ _ _
[Am] I'm headed [C#] down the [D] Mississippi River [E] to the Gulf of Mexico,
_ [Em] all [A] the way to Lake Charles, _ Louisiana,
_ [D] the little visitor that I once knew.
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And Bessie told [C#] me, [D] come on down, if [E] there was anything she could do.
[D] And I picked [A] up on Pippa Cree,
she'd [Em] send [D] me an advice frankly,
and she commended [E] me.
I don't have to speak, but she'd admit [F#m] me,
it drunk her strength, [G] if I ever did see one.
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [A] This little old man's just strong, man,
[C] so [D] to the race track that he go.
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You know, if [D] they don't want horse to win,
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Bessie better know that he sure.
I [A] had the odds all in my favor,
_ [D] I got him down five to one.
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When him horses [D] ran around the track,
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being sweet, Bessie had won her.
He [A] got me up on Pippa Cree,
she'd send [D] me an advice frankly,
and she commended [E] me.
I don't have to speak, but she'd admit [F#m] me,
it drunk her strength, [G] if I ever did see one.
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Then I picked [Am] up all of my winnings,
and I [D] gave little [C#] Bessie [D] half. _ _
[A] But Bessie tore it up and [D] threw it in my face,
[C#m]
just for a laugh.
[Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ [G] [A] Baby, I just made her my heart drop,
to [D] the bottom of my feet.
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And I [C#m] swore [D] when I took another blow,
[E] that she'd kill me first.
She [A] sent me up on Pippa Cree,
and she'd send [D] me an advice frankly,
and she commended [E] me.
I don't have to speak, but she'd admit me,
[F#m] it drunk her strength, [G] if I ever did see one.
_ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Now me and my mate, we went on back to the shack,
we [D] put Spike [F#m] Jones on the [D] box.
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She said I [C#] could [D] take the way that he [E] sang,
but I loved to [Em] hear him talk.
_ _ _ [A] Well, there's one thing in the whole wide world,
[D] that I sure do love to see.
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How that little [C#] sweet [D] honey of mine,
[E] puts a roll on in my teeth.
_ She sent [A] me up on Pippa Cree,
and she'd send [D] me an advice frankly,
and she commended [E] me.
I don't have to speak, but she'd admit [F#m] me,
it drunk her strength, [G] if I ever did see one.
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] Oh, oh, _ _ _ [D] _ oh, [A]
oh.
Oh, oh, [D] oh, oh.
It [A] ain't no good out in California.
_ You know up [D] North, it's freezing cold. _ _
[Am] And this livin' out here on the [D] road,
[E] is gettin' kinda old.
_ _ So [A] I guess I'll call up my big mama,
[C#] and [D] tell her I'll be rollin' on in. _
[A] And you know deep [D] down I'm sort of tempted [E] to go and see my messy eggie.
_ [A] Pick me up on Cripple Creek.
If she send [D] me in if I'm frangling, if she impending, [E] I don't have to speak.
But she depends, [F#m] it's gonna be strange [G] if I ever get to see [A#] you more.
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_ Sorry, I don't know.
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[Am] _ [A] I don't know.
[D] I don't know. _ _ _
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