Cripple Creek

by Unknown · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

7  7  7  6  5   5   -5  -6 -6    6
I got a gal at the head of the creek
5  5  5  -4   4    4   -3"  3  3  -3 -3   4
Go up to see her 'bout the middle of the week
 7    7  7   7    6    5   5   -5   -5 -6 -6  6
Kiss her on the mouth just as sweet as any-- wine
  5    5   5  5  5   -4  4  -3"  3   3 -3 -3  4
Wraps herself around me like a sweet potato- vine
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4    5  5 5  5  6
Goin up to Cripple Creek, goin on a run
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4  -3"  3   3 -3  -3  4 
Goin up to Cripple Creek to have a little fun
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4    5  5 5  5   6
Goin up to Cripple Creek, goin in a whirl
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4  -3"  3  -3  4
Goin up to Cripple Creek to see my girl

  7   7    6      5     -5    -6    6
Girls on Cripple Creek about half grown
 5   5  5  -4  4  -3" 3  -3 -3  4
Jump on a boy like a dog on a- bone
 7   7     5     -5 -5 -6   6
Roll my britches up to my knees
 5    5   5  -4    4    3  -3   4
Wade old Cripple Creek when I please
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4    5  5 5  5  6
Goin up to Cripple Creek, goin on a run
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4  -3"  3   3 -3  -3  4 
Goin up to Cripple Creek to have a little fun
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4    5  5 5  5   6
Goin up to Cripple Creek, goin in a whirl
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4  -3"  3  -3  4
Goin up to Cripple Creek to see my girl

   7       7     6    5    -5     -6      6
Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep
 5    5  -4   4    4   -3" 3 -3   4
Wade old Cripple Creek before I sleep
  7    7    6    5   5   -5   -6      6
Roads are rocky and the hill side's muddy
 5   5  5    5    4  -3"  3    -3     4  
and I'm so drunk that I can't stand steady
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4    5  5 5  5  6
Goin up to Cripple Creek, goin on a run
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4  -3"  3   3 -3  -3  4 
Goin up to Cripple Creek to have a little fun
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4    5  5 5  5   6
Goin up to Cripple Creek, goin in a whirl
5  5 5  5   -4  4    4  -3"  3  -3  4
Goin up to Cripple Creek to see my girl

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