The Band - Up on cripple creek

^AWhen I get off of this mountain, you ^Dknow where I want to go? ^AStraight down the ^DMississippi river, to the ^EGulf of Mexico. To ^ALake Charles, Louisiana, little ^DBessie, girl that I once knew. ^AShe told me just to ^Dcome on by, if there's ^Eanything she can do.

^AUp on Cripple Creek she sends me.. ^Dif I spring a leak she mends me. ^EI don't have to speak, she defends me.. a ^F#mdrunkard's dream if I ^Gever did see one.

^AGood luck had just stung me, to the ^Drace track I did go. ^AShe bet on one horse to win and I ^Ebet on another to show. The ^Aodds were in my favor, I ^Dhad 'em five to one.. ^Awhen that, nag to win, ^Dcame around the track, ^Esure enough we had won.

^AUp on Cripple Creek she sends me.. ^Dif I spring a leak she mends me. ^EI don't have to speak, she defends me.. a ^F#mdrunkard's dream if I ^Gever did see one.

^AI took up all of my winnings, and I ^Dgave my little Bessie half. ^AAnd she tore it up and ^Dthrew it in my face, ^Ejust for a laugh. Now, there's ^Ajust one thing in the whole wide world, I ^Dsure would like to see.. ^Athat's when that ^Dgoooood love of mine, dips her ^Edoughnut in my tea. Hee, hee.

^AUp on Cripple Creek she sends me.. ^Dif I spring a leak she mends me. ^EI don't have to speak, she defends me.. a ^F#mdrunkard's dream if I ^Gever did see one.

Now, ^Ame and my mate were back at the shack, we had ^DSpike Jones on the box. She said, &^Aquot;I can't take^D the way he sings, b^Eut I love to hear him talk." Now, ^Athat just gave my heart a throb, to the ^Dbottom of my feet. ^AAnd I swore as I ^Dtook another pull, my ^EBessie can’t be beat.

^AUp on Cripple Creek she sends me.. ^Dif I spring a leak she mends me. ^EI don't have to speak, she defends me.. a ^F#mdrunkard's dream if I ^Gever did see one.

^ALoooow, looow, ^Dhoo..^Aloodle, loodle, loodle ^Dhooo. ^ALoooow, looow, ^Dhoo..^Aloodle, loodle, loodle ^Dhooo.

There's a ^Aflood out in California, and up ^DNorth it's freezing cold. ^AAnd this, living ^Don the road, is ^Egetting pretty old. So, I ^Aguess, I'll call up my big mama, tell her ^DI'll be rolling in. ^ABut you know, deep down, I'm ^Dkind of tempted, to ^Ego and see my Bessie, again.

^AUp on Cripple Creek she sends me.. ^Dif I spring a leak she mends me. ^EI don't have to speak, she defends me.. a ^F#mdrunkard's dream if I ^Gever did see one.

^ALoooow, looow, ^Dhoo..^Aloodle, loodle, loodle ^Dhooo. ^ALoooow, looow, ^Dhoo..^Aloodle, loodle, loodle ^Dhooo. ^ALoooow, looow, ^Dhoo..^Aloodle, loodle, loodle ^Dhooo. ^ALoooow, looow, ^Dhoo..^Aloodle, loodle, loodle ^Dhooo.