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CRIPPLE CREEK

Traditional

Verse:----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	C          G	-	D7       G
G	C          G	-	D7       G
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	-	-	D7       G
G	-	-	D7       G (to Verse)

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 ba-by blue, Makes my gun shoot straight and true.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

Chorus:

Go -in' up crip -ple creek go -in' on the run, Go -in' up crip -ple creek to have some fun.

Go -in' up crip -ple creek go -in' on the run, Go -in' up crip -ple creek to have some fun.

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Sound Clip:

Listen to Jim play along with "Cripple Creek" on the 5-string banjo (446k mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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