Chords for The Band - Up On Cripple Creek (Lyrics on screen)

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_ When I get off of this mountain, _ [D] you know where I want to go. _
_ _ [A] _ Straight down [D] the Mississippi [E] River to the Gulf of Mexico, _
_ _ [A] Lake Charles, Louisiana, _ Little
[D] Bessie, girl, I want snooze.
_ _ [A] And she told me [D] just to come on [E] by, if there's anything that she could do. _
[F#m] _ _ [A] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [D] me if I spring a leak, she mends [E] me.
I don't have to speak, as she [F#m] defends me.
Drunk or extreme, [Gm] if I ever [G] did see one. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [A] Good luck, that just stung me, [D] to the racetrack I did go. _
_ _ [A] _ She fed [D] on one horse [E] to win, and I fed on another to [F#m] show.
Odds [A] _ were in my favor, _ [D] I had them five to one.
[A] _ And that [D] nag to win came [E] around the track, sure enough she had one.
_ _ [A] Up on Cripple Creek, she [D] sends me if I spring a leak, she [E] mends me.
I don't have to speak, as she [F#m] defends me.
Drunk or extreme, [G] if I ever did see one.
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_ _ [A] took up all of my _ winnings, [D] and I gave my little Bessie half.
_ _ [A] _ And she tore [D] it up and blew [E] it in my face, just [B] for a laugh. _
_ _ [A] Now there's one thing in the whole wide [D] world I sure would like to see.
_ _ [A] _ That's when that little [D] love of [E] mine, drips a donut in my teeth. _
_ [A] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [D] me if I spring a leak, she mends [E] me.
I don't have to speak, as she defends [F#m] me.
Drunk or extreme, [G] if I ever did see one.
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_ _ [A] Me and my mate were back at the shack, [D] we had Spike Jones on the bar.
_ _ [A] She said I can't [F#m] take the way he sang, [E] but I love to hear him talk. _
_ [A] Now that just gave my heart a flop, [D] to the bottom of my feet. _
_ _ [A] _ And I swore [D] as I took another pull, [E] my Bessie can't be beat. _
_ _ [A] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [D] me if I spring a leak, she mends [E] me.
I don't have to speak, as she defends [F#m] me.
Drunk or extreme, [G] if I ever did see one.
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_ [A] _ _ _ Don't [D] go. _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _California,
_ [D] and up north, it's freezing cold.
_ _ [A] _ And it's [D] living off the road, [E] it's getting pretty old. _
So [A] I guess I call up my big mama, tell [D] her I'm with [E] loneliness. _
But [A] you know deep down [D] I'm kind of tempted [E] to go and see my fancy again.
[F#] _ _ [A] Up on Cripple Creek, she sends [D] me if I sprang a leak.
She invents [E] me, I don't have to speak.
She defends [F#m] me from current stream [G] if I ever did see one.
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