Cripple Creek Chords
by Earl Scruggs
Cripple Creek by Earl Scruggs is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Cripple Creek on the banjo:
(G tuning, )
/ : slide up h : hammer-on
: slide down p : pull-off
Note: Ok, I don't know if this is going to make much sense but this is half the song.
The other half is the exact same. You play this exactly as it is...repeating the
second part once. Then you start completely over and do the whole thing over again,
including the repeat once more. Hope that clears it up a little :)
||-0------------0------------0------------0-----0-----------0-----------0------0---
||--------0------------0------------0-----------------0-----------0---------0------
||-0--2/3----------2/3----------2/3---------------2/3---------2p0------------------
||-------------------------------------------0-----------------------2----0h2------
||-0---------0------------0------------0--------0--------0------------------------0
|----2--||r--5--5---0-------------2-----0--0------------0------------0------0------
|-------||e-------------0------1------------------0------------0---------0---------
|-0-----||p-----------------------------------2/3----------2p0--------------------0
|-------||e-------------------------------------------------------2----0h2---------
|----0--||t-----0-----------0--------0-----0---------0-------------------------0---
x1
|-2 r||
|-- e||
|-- p||
|-- e||
|-0 t||