Intro:
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Verse:
AD
When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
ADE
Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
AD
To Lake Charles, Louisianna, little Bessie, a girl who I once knew.
ADE
She told me just to come on by if there's anything that she could 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.
GbmG
a drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.
Verse:
AD
Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go.
ADE
She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show.
AD
The odds were in my favor, I had them five to one.
ADE
That nag to win came around the track, sure enough she 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.
GbmG
a drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.
Verse:
AD
I took up all of my winnings and I gave little Bessie half.
ADE
She tore it up and threw it in my face just for a laugh.
AD
And there's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see.
ADE
that's when that little love of mine dips her doughnut in my tea.
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.
GbmG
a drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Verse:
AD
Me and my mate we were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box.
ADE
She says, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk."
AD
Now that just gave my heart a throb to the bottom of my feet.
ADE
And I swore as I took another pull, my Bessie can't 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.
GbmG
a drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.
Interlude -x2-: ADADVerse:
AD
There's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold.
ADE
And this living on the road is getting pretty old.
AD
So I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in.
AD
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.
GbmG
a drunkard's dream if I ever did see one.
Outro: ADAD
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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