Tonalidad: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
I get off of this mountain,
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you know where I want to go?
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Straight down the Mississippi river,
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to the Gulf of Mexico
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To Lake Charles, Louisiana,
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little Bessie, girl that I once knew
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She told me just to come on by,
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if there's anything she could do
Verse 2
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
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If I spring a leak she mends me
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I don't have to speak,
she defends me
Em
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Verse 3
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Good luck had just stung me,
Gm
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to the race track I did go
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She bet on one horse to win and I
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bet on another to show
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The odds were in my favor,
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Gm
I had 'em five to one
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When that nag to win came around the track,
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sure enough she had won
Verse 4
on Cripple Creek she sends me
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If I spring a leak she mends me
D
I don't have to speak,
she defends me
Em
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Verse 5
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I
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took up all of my winnings,
Gm
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and I gave my little Bessie half
Gm
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She tore it up and threw it in my face,
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Dsus4
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just for a laugh
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Now there's one thing in the whole wide world,
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I sure would like to see
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That's when that little love of mine,
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dips her doughnut in my tea
Verse 6
on Cripple Creek she sends me
C
If I spring a leak she mends me
D
I don't have to speak, she defends me
Em
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A drunkard's dream if I ever
did see one
Verse 7
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Now me and my mate were back at the shack,
we had Spike Jones on the box
She said, "I can't take the way he sings,
but I love to hear him talk"
Now that just gave my heart a throb, to
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the bottom of my feet
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And I swore as I took another pull,
my Bessie can't be beat
Verse 8
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
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D
If I spring a leak she mends me
I don't have to speak,
she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever
did see one
Verse 9
Now 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
Verse 10
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
If I spring a leak she mends me
I don't have to speak, she defends
me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
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