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- Cripple Creek
- Traditional
| Verse: |
| G |
C
G |
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D7
G |
| G |
C
G |
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D7
G |
| Chorus: |
| G |
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D7
G |
| G |
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D7
G (repeat) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verses:
- I got a gal and she loves
me, She's as sweet as she can be,
- She's got big eyes of baby
blue, Makes my gun shoot straight and true.
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- Cripple Creek's wide and
Cripple Creek's deep, I'll wade ole Cripple Creek before
I sleep,
Roll my breeches to my knees, I'll wade ole Cripple Creek
when I please.
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- I went down to Cripple Creek,
To see what them girls had to eat,
I got drunk and fell against the wall, Ole corn likker was the
cause of it all.
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- Cripple Creek's wide and
Cripple Creek's deep, I'll wade old Cripple Creek a fore
I sleep,
Roads are rocky and the hillside's muddy, And I'm so drunk
that I can't stand steady.
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- Chorus:
- Goin' up cripple creek goin'
on the run, Goin' up cripple
creek to have some fun.
- Goin' up cripple creek goin'
on the run, Goin' up cripple
creek to have some fun.
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Listen to Jim play along with
"Cripple Creek" (mp3)
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- Listen
to The Mountineers play"Cripple Creek" (mp3)
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- Listen to Roscoe Holcome
perform "Cripple Creek" (mp3)
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- Watch
Jim explain a "Basic Strum" that can be used to play
"Cripple Creek" (youtube)
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- Click here for
a pdf diagram of the strum used in the above Basic Strum video
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- Click here
for 5-String Banjo Tab
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- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com