Biography:
The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band included Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica); Richard Manuel (1943-1986) (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, slide guitar); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone); Rick Danko (1943-1999) (bass guitar, violin, trombone, guitar), and Levon Helm (1940-2012) (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica).
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- Long Black Veil
- Ophelia
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- The Weight
- Theme From The Last Waltz
- Up On Cripple Creek
- Acadian Driftwood
- Across The Great Divide
- Atlantic City
- Back To Memphis
- Back To Memphis Remastered
- Bessie Smith
- Book Faded Brown
- Caldonia
- Caledonia Mission
- Chest Fever
- Christmas Must Be Tonight
- Daniel And The Sacred Harp
- Daniel Daniel And The Sacred Harp
- Dont Do It
- Dont Wait
- Down South In New Orleans
- Evangeline
- Georgia On My Mind
- Hobo Jungle
- Holy Cow
- I Aint Got No Home
- I Shall Be Released
- If I Lose
- Is All Depend On You
- It Makes No Difference
- Jawbone
- Jemima Surrender
- King Harvest Has Surely Come
- Last Train From Memphis
- Life Is A Carnival
- Livin In A Dream
- Lonesome Suzie
- Long Distance Operator
- Look Out Cleveland
- Lookout Cleveland
- Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
- Move To Japan
- Music From Big Pink
- Mystery Train
- Northern Lights
- Old Time Religion
- Ophelia Come Together
- Out Of The Blue
- Promised Land
- Rag Mama Rag
- Remedy
- Rockin Chair
- Same Thing
- Sing At Night
- Smoke Signal
- Stage Fright
- Stones I Throw
- Tears Of Rage
- The Path
- The Promised Land
- The Rumor
- The Rumour
- The Shape Im In
- The Unfaithful Servant
- Thinkin Out Loud
- Thinking Out Loud
- This Wheels On Fire
- Time To Kill
- To Kingdom Come
- Too Soon Gone
- Twilight
- Twillight
- Volcano
- W S Walcott Medicine Show
- We Can Talk
- When I Get My Reward
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- When You Awake
- Where Do We Go From Here
- Whispering Pines
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UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK
Robbie Robertson
[Verse]
A D
When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
A D E
Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
A D
To Lake Charles, Louisianna, little Bessie, a girl who I once knew.
A D E
She told me just to come on by if there's anything that she could do.
[Refrain]
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.
[Verse]
Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go.
She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show.
The odds were in my favor, I had them five to one.
That nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won.
[Refrain]
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.
[Verse]
I took up all of my winnings and I gave little Bessie half.
She tore it up and threw it in my face just for a laugh.
There's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see.
That's when that little love of mine dips her doughnut in my tea.
[Refrain]
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.
[Verse]
Me and my mate we were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box.
She says, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk."
Now that just gave my heart a throb to the bottom of my feet.
And I swore as I took another pull, my Bessie can't be beat.
[Refrain]
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.
[Yodel over]
|:A |D |A |D :|
[Verse]
There's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold.
And this living on the road is getting pretty old.
So I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in.
But you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted
To go and see my Bessie again.
[Refrain]
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.
[Yodel over]
|:A |D |A |D :|
and fade
Robbie Robertson
[Verse]
A D
When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
A D E
Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
A D
To Lake Charles, Louisianna, little Bessie, a girl who I once knew.
A D E
She told me just to come on by if there's anything that she could do.
[Refrain]
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.
[Verse]
Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go.
She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show.
The odds were in my favor, I had them five to one.
That nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won.
[Refrain]
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.
[Verse]
I took up all of my winnings and I gave little Bessie half.
She tore it up and threw it in my face just for a laugh.
There's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see.
That's when that little love of mine dips her doughnut in my tea.
[Refrain]
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.
[Verse]
Me and my mate we were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box.
She says, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk."
Now that just gave my heart a throb to the bottom of my feet.
And I swore as I took another pull, my Bessie can't be beat.
[Refrain]
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.
[Yodel over]
|:A |D |A |D :|
[Verse]
There's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold.
And this living on the road is getting pretty old.
So I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in.
But you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted
To go and see my Bessie again.
[Refrain]
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.
[Yodel over]
|:A |D |A |D :|
and fade
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