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Chords by: Chase Chafin
This song has been done by many musicians and is typically titled "Hesitation Blues"
Charlie Poole's version features banjo and fiddle, and was recorded in 1930.
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If the river was whiskey and I was a duck,
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I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up.
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Well tell me how long, have I got to wait?
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Oh, can I get you now? Must I hesitate?
The first two lines of every verse vary, but the chord progression and the last
two lines stay the same throughout.
