Chords for The Hesitation Blues: Jug Band/Blues Songbook Demos

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[Am] _ [E] _ [C] Well, I'm going [E] downtown [C] with a dollar in [E] my [Em] hand.
I'm looking for a [E] woman.
[Gm] I was looking for a man.
[C] Oh, won't [F] you tell me how [Dm] long?
How long [F] do I have [C] to wait? _
_ _ Oh, [G] can I get you now?
Or must I [C] hesitate?
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[Am] _ [E] _ Well, [Am] the eagle [E] on the dollar [Am] says, God, we [E] trust.
[Am] And a woman says [E] she'd love you, but she
[C] got to see that dollar first.
Oh, [F] won't you tell me how long?
How long do I _ [C] have to wait? _
_ _ _ [G] Oh, can I get you now?
Or must I hesitate?
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[C] _ _ [E] _ [C] Well, I've never [E] been to heaven, [Am] but I've [E] been told.
[Am] St.
Peter [E] taught the angels [C] how [Gm] to jelly roll.
[F] Oh, won't you tell me how long?
How long do I [C] have to wait? _
_ _ _ [G] Oh, can I get you now?
_ Or must I [C] hesitate? _ _ _
_ [G] _ [E] _ [Am] I was [E] born in England, [Am] and I was raised [E] in France.
[Am] Well, I bought [E] a suit of [C] clothes,
but they didn't send the pants.
Oh, won't [F] you tell me how long?
How long do I [C] have to wait? _
_ _ _ [F] Oh, can [G] I get you now?
Or must I [C] hesitate?
[G] Don't hesitate, Benjamin.
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_ [E] _ I'd rather sleep in the woods [A] in a [E] hot log,
[Am] or I'll stick [E] around here and [C] let you treat me like a dog.
Oh, [F] won't you tell me how long?
How long do I have [C] to wait?
_ [Em] _
[C] _ _ Oh, [G] can I get you now?
Or must I [C] hesitate? _ _ _
_ _ [E] [C] I got the hesitation [E] [C] stockings, hesitation [E] shoes.
[C] And Lord, [E] Lord, help [C] me, got the hesitation blues.
[F] Oh, won't you tell me how long?
How long do I [C] have to wait? _ _
_ Oh, [G] can I get you [Em] now?
Or must I [F] hesitate?
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