Up On Cripple Creek

up on cripple creek : the band . #25 in 1970 . album - the band . #1 . A D when i get off of this mountain , you know where i want to go? A D E straight down the mississippi river , to the gulf of mexico . A D to lake charles , louisiana , little bessie , girl that i once knew . A D E she told me just to come on by , if there’s anything she can do . Chorus : A up on cripple creek she sends me . . D if i spring a leak she mends me . E i don’t have to speak , she defends me . . F#m G a drunkard’s dream if i ever did see one . #2 . A D good luck had just stung me , to the race track i did go . A E she bet on one horse to win and i bet on another to show . A D the odds were in my favor , i had ’em five to one . . A D E when that , nag to win , came around the track , sure enough we had won . Chorus : A up on cripple creek she sends me . . D if i spring a leak she mends me . E i don’t have to speak , she defends me . . F#m G a drunkard’s dream if i ever did see one . #3 . A D i took up all of my winnings , and i gave my little bessie half . A D E and she tore it up and threw it in my face , just for a laugh . A D now , there’s just one thing in the whole wide world , i sure would like to see . . A D E that’s when that goooood love of mine , dips her doughnut in my tea . hee , hee . Chorus : A up on cripple creek she sends me . . D if i spring a leak she mends me . E i don’t have to speak , she defends me . . F#m G a drunkard’s dream if i ever did see one . #4 . A D now , me and my mate were back at the shack , we had spike jones on the box . A D E she said , "i can’t take the way he sings , but i love to hear him talk . " A D now , that just gave my heart a throb , to the bottom of my feet . A D E and i swore as i took another pull , my bessie cant be beat . Chorus : A up on cripple creek she sends me . . D if i spring a leak she mends me . E i don’t have to speak , she defends me . . F#m G a drunkard’s dream if i ever did see one . A D A D loooow , looow , hoo . . loodle , loodle , loodle hooo . A D A D loooow , looow , hoo . . loodle , loodle , loodle hooo . #5 . A D there’s a flood out in california , and up north it’s freezing cold . A D E and this , living on the road , is getting pretty old . A D so , i guess , i’ll call up my big mama , tell her i’ll be rolling in . A D but you know , deep down , i’m kind of tempted , E to go and see my bessie , again . Chorus : A up on cripple creek she sends me . . D if i spring a leak she mends me . E i don’t have to speak , she defends me . . F#m G a drunkard’s dream if i ever did see one . Outro : A D A D loooow , looow , hoo . . loodle , loodle , loodle hooo . A D A D loooow , looow , hoo . . loodle , loodle , loodle hooo . A D A D loooow , looow , hoo . . loodle , loodle , loodle hooo . A D A D loooow , looow , hoo . . loodle , loodle , loodle hooo . a seventies smash from kraziekhat .