Chords for The Band - Up On Cripple Creek

Tempo:
143.3 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

E

G

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Band - Up On Cripple Creek chords
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[A#] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[N] I
[E]
[A] get off of this mountain, [D] you know where I want to go.
[Am] Straight [F#m] down the [D] Mississippi [E] River to the Gulf of Mexico.
[F#m]
[A] Talk to the ant up, stand [D] up there and say, God, I want to.
[Am] [E] She told [D] me just to come on by [E] if there's anything she could do.
[D] [A] I'm on Cripple Creek and she's [D] sending me.
If I scream or leap, she [E] can't see.
I don't have to speak.
She's a [F#m] 15-foot bird's dream [G] if I ever did see one.
[G#]
[A] Good luck had just hung there [D] and through the racetrack that it go.
[A] I bet on [D] one horse to win [E] and she bet on another [A] to show.
I was working my labor.
[D] I had on five to one.
[Am] And that next [D] to win came [E] around the track, so I know we had [F#] won.
[A] I'm on Cripple Creek and she's [D] sending me.
If I scream or leap, she [E] can't see.
I don't have to speak.
She's a 15 [F#m]-foot bird's dream [G] if I ever did see one.
[G#] I
[Gm] [A] picked up all of my winnings [D] and I gave my little bitty hand.
[A] She tore [D] it up and threw it in my [E] face just for a laugh.
[A] She just tells one thing and it's all right.
[D] What I so would like to see.
[A] That's when that bitter [D] love of [E] mine dips a tune in my teeth.
[A] She's up on Cripple Creek and [D] she sends me.
If I scream or leap, she [E] can't see.
I don't have to speak.
She's [F#m] a 15-foot bird's dream [G] if I ever did see one.
[B]
[A] Lord, [D] you're a [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] good enough [D] bird to me.
[A] I have a foot out in California and [D] I'm not even cold.
[A] [D] It's never been off the road.
[E] It's getting pretty cold.
If [A] I call up my big mama, [D] well, I'll be rolling in.
[A] It's no deep down.
[D] I'm trying to tempt her [E] to go and see my fancy again.
[A] I'm up on Cripple Creek and she [D] sends me.
If I scream or leap, she can't [E] see.
I don't have to speak.
She's a 15 [F#m]-foot bird's dream [G] if I ever did see one.
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
G
2131
F#m
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D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
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[A#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] I _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ get off of this mountain, [D] you know where I want to go.
_ [Am] _ _ Straight [F#m] down the [D] Mississippi [E] River to the Gulf of Mexico.
[F#m] _
_ _ [A] _ _ Talk to the ant up, stand [D] up there and say, God, I want to.
_ _ [Am] _ [E] She told [D] me just to come on by [E] if there's anything she could do.
[D] _ [A] I'm on Cripple Creek and she's [D] sending me.
If I scream or leap, she [E] can't see.
I don't have to speak.
She's a [F#m] 15-foot bird's dream [G] if I ever did see one.
_ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [A] _ Good luck had just hung there [D] and through the racetrack that it go. _
_ _ [A] _ I bet on [D] one horse to win [E] and she bet on another [A] to show.
_ _ I was working my labor.
[D] I had on five to one.
_ _ [Am] And that next [D] to win came [E] around the track, so I know we had [F#] won.
_ _ [A] I'm on Cripple Creek and she's [D] sending me.
If I scream or leap, she [E] can't see.
I don't have to speak.
She's a 15 [F#m]-foot bird's dream [G] if I ever did see one.
_ _ [G#] I _
[Gm] _ _ [A] picked up all of my _ winnings [D] and I gave my little bitty _ hand.
_ [A] _ She tore [D] it up and threw it in my [E] face just for a laugh. _ _
[A] She just tells one thing and it's all right.
[D] What I so would like to see. _
[A] _ _ That's when that bitter [D] love of [E] mine dips a tune in my teeth. _ _
_ [A] She's up on Cripple Creek and [D] she sends me.
If I scream or leap, she [E] can't see.
I don't have to speak. _
She's [F#m] a 15-foot bird's dream [G] if I ever did see one.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [A] _ Lord, [D] you're a [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [A] good enough [D] bird to me.
[A] I have a foot out in _ California and [D] I'm not even cold. _
_ _ [A] _ [D] It's never been off the road.
[E] It's getting pretty cold.
If _ _ [A] I call up my big mama, [D] well, I'll be rolling in. _
_ [A] It's no deep down.
[D] I'm trying to tempt her [E] to go and see my fancy again.
_ _ [A] I'm up on Cripple Creek and she [D] sends me.
If I scream or leap, she can't [E] see.
I don't have to speak.
She's a 15 [F#m]-foot bird's dream [G] if I ever did see _ one. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _

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