UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK
As recorded by The Band
(From the 1969 Album THE BAND)
Words and Music by Robbie Robertson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robbie Robertson - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=148
A
4/4
Gtr I
E Q E H E Q E q Q E Q E H E Q E q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
|------5------|------5-7-----|------5------|------5-7-----||
|-5-7---------|-5-7----------|-5-7---------|-5-7----------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
1st - 5th Verses
$
A D
PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o-7---------------|-7---------------|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6S=|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|---------------4S=|
D E
E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---7---------6S|=7-------------|---9----9------|---9----9-------|
|-7-----------4S|=5-5----5----6S|=7------7----6S|=7------7-------|
|-5------5----4S|=5-5----5----6S|=7-----------6S|=7--------------|
A D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7--------|
|-----------------|-7---7---7---7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|-4S5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|---------------4--|
A D E
E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|---7-----------|---------------|------------------||
|---7----7------|---7----7------|---------------|-----------9---0--||
|---7----7----4-|-5------5----4-|---7----7------|---7-----7---7----||
|-5-------------|---------------|-7------7------|-7-----7----------||
Chorus
A D
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------7------|--------7------|--------------|
|-7----7-7----6S|=7----7-7----4S|=5----5-5----4S|=5----5----5--|
|-5----5-5----4S|=5------5----4S|=5-----------4S|=5----5----5--|
To Coda
E F# G
Q. E E E E E Q Q Q E E H Q. E Q. E H
|----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------9-------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-9------9-------|-------9------|-11----11----11--|-12----3s4----|
|-7----7-7---7-5S|=7--7--7--7-7-|--9-----9-----9--|-10-----------|
|-7------------5S|=7--7---------|--9-----9--------|--------------|
Interlude
A D
+W +H H 4x H E Q E E E Q E E E E
|------------|--------------||-------------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------o||-------------|-----------------|
|------------|--------------||------6------|-----------------|
|-(4)--------|-(4)----------||------7----7-|-7-7------7-7-7--|
|------------|-------------o||-7---------5-|-5---5--5---5-5--|
|------------|--------------||-5-----------|-----------------|
A D A D
H E E Q Q E E E S S E E H Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|------5-5---------|------5\-----|------------------|
|------6------|------4-6-6s4p2-2-|------6\-----|---------7--------|
|------7------|------------------|-----------0-|---------7------7-|
|-7-----------|------------------|-------------|-5-5-5-5---5-/9---|
|-5-----------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
A D G
E E E E E Q E +Q H. Q. E H +W +H H
|----------------|--------------||--------------|------------|-------------||
|--------------7-|-(7)----------||--------------|------------|-------------||
|-----------6--7-|-(7)--7-------||--------------|------------|-------------||
|---------7----7-|-(7)--7-------||-12----3s4----|-(4)--------|-(4)---------||
|----------------|------5-------||-10-----------|------------|-------------||
|-5-5-5-5--------|--------------||--------------|------------|-------------||
Outro
A D A D
H E Q E H Q. E E E Q Q. E E E E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|---------------|------------------|
|--------5----|------7------|--------5------|------------------|
|-6----6----7-|-7----7------|---6----6------|------------------|
|-7----7------|-7----7----5-|-7---7--7----7-|-7------7-7---7---|
|-7-----------|-5-----------|---------------|---7-/9-----9-----|
|-5-----------|-------------|---------------|------------------|
A D A D
E Q E E Q E E Q E Q E E H E Q E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------7-|---------------|-------------|----[10]-[10]-[10]-----------|
|-------------7-|--------7------|-------------|-----------------------------|
|---7----7----7-|---7----7----6S|=7------7----|-------------------\9-7------|
|---7----7------|-5-------------|-------------|------------------------9S7--|
|-5----5--------|------5----5---|------5----5S|=10--------------------------|
A D A D
H Q Q Q E E H H E Q. E E E E E E E E
|------------|--------5-------|-------------|------------------|
|------5-----|----7---8b10----|------5------|------------------|
|------6-----|----7-----------|--------6----|------------------|
|------7-----|----7-----------|-------------|-7-----x-7-7-7----|
|------------|-5--------------|-------------|---7S9---------7--|
|-5----------|----------------|-------------|------------------|
A D A D
~~~~~~~
+H E Q E Q Q E E E E Q Q E Q E +E E E +E +Q E +E
|---------------|---------------|------------7b8-|-(7)-0-7b8==(7)-(7)--7r(7)--|
|--------5------|---------5h7p5-|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------6----|----7--6-------|---------6------|----------------------------|
|-------------6S|=7--7----------|-------7--------|----------------------------|
|-(7)---------4S|=5-------------|----7-----------|----------------------------|
|-------------4S|=5-------------|----------------|----------------------------|
A D A
H Q. E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-------------|------------------|---------5-5---*|
|------5----7-|------------------|---------5-5---*|
|------6------|----------------9-|---------------*|
|-------------|-7------7---/11---|-7-----------7-*|
|-------------|---7S9----9-------|---------------*|
|-------------|------------------|---------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
