Biography:
Charlie Poole (March 22, 1892 - May 21, 1931) was an American old time banjo player and country musician and the leader of "Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers", an American old-time string band that recorded many popular songs between 1925 and 1931.
Charlie was born in Spray, now part of Eden, Rockingham County, in the northern Piedmont region of North Carolina, near the Virginia border.
He learned banjo as a youth. Poole also played baseball, and his three-fingered playing technique was the result of a baseball accident.
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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.
F
If the river was whiskey and I was a duck,
F7
I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up.
Bb F
Well tell me how long, have I got to wait?
C7 F
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.
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.
F
If the river was whiskey and I was a duck,
F7
I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up.
Bb F
Well tell me how long, have I got to wait?
C7 F
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.
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