Chords
[Verse 1]
When A5I get off of this mountain, you D5know where I want to go?
A5 Straight down the MisD5sissippi river, to the E5Gulf of Mexico,
To A5Lake Charles, Louisiana, little BesD5sie girl I once knew.
A5 And she told me just to D5come on by, if there's E5anything that she could do.
[Chorus]
A5Up on Cripple Creek she sends me.
D5If I spring a leak, she mends me.
E5I don't have to speak, she defends me.
A F#mdrunkard's dream if I G5ever did see one.
[Verse 2]
A5Good luck had just stung me, to the D5race track I did go.
A5 She bet on oneD5 horse to win and I E5bet on another to show.
The A5odds were in my favor, I D5had 'em five to one.
A5 And that nag to winD5 came around the track, E5sure enough we had won.
[Chorus]
AUp on Cripple Creek she sends me.
D5If I spring a leak, she mends me.
E5I don't have to speak, she defends me.
A F#mdrunkard's dream if I G5ever did see one.
[Verse 3]
I A5took up all of my winnings, and I gaveD5 my little Bessie half.
A5 She tore it up and D5threw it in my face, E5just for a laugh.
Now, A5there's one thing in the whole wide world, D5I sure would like to see,.
A5 That's when that little loveD5 of mine dips her E5doughnut in my tea.
[Chorus]
AUp on Cripple Creek she sends me.
D5If I spring a leak, she mends me.
E5I don't have to speak, she defends me.
A F#mdrunkard's dream if I G5ever did see one.
[Verse 4]
Now A5me and my mate were back at the shack, we had D5Spike Jones on the box.
A5 She said, "I can't take the D5way he sings, but I E5love to hear him talk".
Now A5that just gave my heart a throb, to the D5bottom of my feet.
A5 And I swore as I tookD5 another pull, my E5Bessie canÂt be beat.
[Chorus]
A5Up on Cripple Creek she sends me.
D5If I spring a leak, she mends me.
E5I don't have to speak, she defends me.
A F#mdrunkard's dream if I G5ever did see one.
[Bridge]
A5 Oh no, D5ooh. AYodel, yodel, yo hee hee.D5 AYodel hee.D5 AYodel, yodel, yo hee D5hee.
[Verse 5]
There's a A5flood out in California and up northD5 it's freezing cold.
A5 And this living offD5 the road is E5getting pretty old.
So I guessA5 I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'llD5 be rolling in.
But you A5know, deep down, I'm D5kind of tempted
To E5go and see my Bessie again.
[Chorus]
A5Up on Cripple Creek she sends me.
D5If I spring a leak, she mends me.
E5I don't have to speak, she defends me.
A F#mdrunkard's dream if I G5ever did see one.
[Outro]
A Oh no, ooh.D5 AYodel, yodel, yo hee hee. A5Yodel D5hee. Yodel, yodel, yo hee hee. AOh no, ooh.D5 AYodel, yodel, yo hee hee.
D5 A D5 A
