Jam Essential
intermediate
Cripple Creek
Jam Fiddle Tunes
Doc Watson
Old-Time
Jam Along
Chord Chart
A x2
A
D
A
E
B x2
A
A
A
E
Chords used:
A
D
E
Demo Videos
About This Song
Cripple Creek is a jam session essential—one of those tunes that gets called at bluegrass circles everywhere. This old-time fiddle tune has deep Appalachian roots and remains one of the most recognizable melodies in traditional American music. It's typically played in A and is a great choice for newer players joining their first jam sessions.
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