Earl Scruggs Lester Flatt

Cripple Creek Tab

-----Cripple Creek-----

The version I am tabbing out is based off of the Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt version. 
Also Billy Connolly
does a fantastic rendition. Highly recommended.

Open G tuning (DGDGBD)

Sometimes I put a capo on the 2nd or 3rd frets, but its preference honestly.

Basically you are tuning your guitar to the same tuning a banjo is in, open G. It sounds 
pretty darn close.
This song is fairly easy to play and is absolutely a blast. Enjoy!

I also recommend muting some of the notes as well to get a bit more gritty bluegrass 
feel to it.

Lick 1:
D|-/5-5-5-5-0----------/5-5-5-5---------------------||
B|----------------5-3-------------------------------||
G|------------4-5----------------4p0-2p0-----0---- o|| Repeat as needed
D|---------------------------------------2p0------ o||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------||

Lick 2:
D|--------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------3---------------------------||
G|--/4-4-2-0-------/4-4-----/4-4-2-0---------0---- o|| Repeat as needed
D|-----------2-0---------------------2-0--0-2----- o||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------||

There are a lot of different improvisations you can do off of these licks that are a lot 
of fun to play and
sound good, but these are the basic licks to give you a good start.