Hesitation Blues -
Rev. Gary Davis lyrics as recorded by
Doc and Merl Watson
I really like this version. The verse section lasts twice as
many measures as it does in the well known Hot Tuna version which allows for a
little bit more narrative. To make up for the longer verses,
play
it a bit faster.
Am
E7
Am
E7 she throwed my hat out
the window and my clothes out the door
Am
E7
Am
E7 I'll get another mama
I don't want her anymore Am
E7
Am
E7 spends my money don't
last long time
Am
E7
Am
E7 just a cusin and a
fussin and a fightin all the time
F
C C7 won't you tell me how
long will I have to wait
G
stop
C-C7-F-Gb-G can I get away now or
must I hesitate
they throwed me in the
jail with my back to the wall and along come mama
was the cause of it all I'll sleep in the
woods in a hollow log before I stay with you
and let you treat me like a dog
won't you tell me how
long will I have to wait can I get away now or
must I hesitate
I am goin down the
road with my hat in my hand looking for the woman
who is lookin for a man I'm not the doctor but
the doctor's son but I can ease you
pain until the doctor comes
won't you tell me how
long will I have to wait can I get you now or
must I hesitate
come here mama pin a
rose on me there's a sweet little
woman that I'm a gonna see a hesitatin papa with
the hesitatin blues found a hesitatin mama
that he cain't afford to loose
won't you tell me how
long will I have to wait can I get you now or
must I hesitate