Kunci: C major•
Verse 1
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G
Am
C
G
C
Am
C
Am
When I get off of this mountain,
C
F
you know where I want to go?
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F
Straight down the Mississippi river,
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G
To Lake Charles, Louisiana,
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F
little Bessie, girl that I once knew
Cm
C
F
She told me just to come on by,
G
if there's anything she could do
Verse 2
C
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
F
If I spring a leak she mends me
G
I don't have to speak, she defends me
Am
Bb
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Verse 3
C
Good luck had just stung me,
F
to the race track I did go
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F
She bet on one horse to win and
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G
The odds were in my favor,
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F
I had 'em five to one
Cm
F
When that nag to win came around the track,
Verse 4
C
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
F
If I spring a leak she mends me
she defends me
Am
Bb
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
C
Verse 5
F
C
F
I took up all of my winnings,
C
F
C
F
F#dim
C
and I gave my little Bessie half
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And she tore it up and threw it in my face,
just for a laugh
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F
G
Now there's one thing in the whole wide world,
G
C
F
C
F
That's when that little love of mine,
G
dips her doughnut in my tea
Verse 6
C
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
F
If I spring a leak she mends me
she defends me
Am
Bb
A drunkard's dream if I ever
Verse 7
did see one
Bb
C
Now me and my mate were back at the shack,
F
we had Spike Jones on the box
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F
She said, "I can't take the way he sings,
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F
but I love to hear him talk"
C
Now that just gave my heart a
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throb, to the bottom of my feet
C
And I swore and I took another pull,
my Bessie can't be beat
Verse 8
F
Now there's a flood out in Californi
a and up north it's freezing cold
G
And this living on the road
is getting pretty old
So I guess I'll call up my big
Am
mama, tell her I'll be rolling in
Bb
But you know, deep down,
I'm kind of tempted
C
To go and see my Bessie again.
Verse 9
C
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
F
If I spring a leak she mends me
G
I don't have to speak, she defends me
Am
Bb
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
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