A
When I get off of this mountain,
D
you know where I want to go?
A
D
Straight down the Mississippi river,
E
to the Gulf of Mexico
A
To Lake Charles, Louisiana,
D
little Bessie, girl that I once knew
A
D
She told me just to come on by,
E
if there’s anything she could do
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
Good luck had just stung me,
D
to the race track I did go
A
D
She bet on one horse to win
E
and I bet on another to show
A
The odds were in my favor,
D
I had ’em five to one
A
D
When that nag to win came around the track,
E
sure enough we had won
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
I took up all of my winnings,
D
and I gave my little Bessie half
A
D
And she tore it up and threw it in my face,
E
just for a laugh
A
Now there’s one thing in the whole wide world,
D
I sure do like to see
A
D
That’s how that little sweet thing of mine,
E
dips her doughnut in my tea
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
Now me and my mate were back at the shack,
D
we had Spike Jones on the box
A
D
She said, “I can’t take the way he sings,
E
but I love to hear him talk”
A
Now that just gave my heart a throb,
D
to the bottom of my feet
A
D
And I swore as I took another pull,
E
my Bessie can t be beat
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
Now there’s a flood out in California
D
and up north it’s freezing cold
A
D
And this living off the road is
E
getting pretty old
A
So I guess I’ll call up my big mama,
D
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.
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
A
D
A
D
A
D
A
D
A
D
A
D
E
A
D
F#m
G
