Cripple Creek

A driving fiddle-and-banjo instrumental with recurring A and B parts.

Status: Traditional repertoire · working songbook
Writer / source: Traditional Appalachian fiddle/banjo tune
Rights: Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed.
Related Scrips recording: No Scrips recording linked yet.

Source research

Documented lineage

Earliest evidence: Early twentieth-century field/commercial old-time tradition
Aliases / index: No alternate title or index recorded.
Working arrangement: Key G · Capo 2 · 4/4 time · 130 BPM (working); The supplied chart uses G shapes with capo 2 and states that it sounds in A.

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Working instrumental chart

Working song sheet

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{capo: 2} ; song sounds in A (banjo capo 2)
A Part (Verse) - Play as many times as desired, typically 2-4 times
[G] | [C] [G] | [C] [G] | [C] [G] | [C] [D] |

B Part (Chorus) - Play after each A part and to end
[G] | [C] [G] | [G] | [D] [G] | [G] | [C] [G] | [G] [D] [G] |

Traditional structure: A-B-A-B-A-B... ending on B

Archive note

The current sheet is instrumental. Its chord shapes and repeats are working band notes, not a melody transcription.

Chords

G · C · D