Chords for Jelly Roll Morton - Hesitation Blues
Tempo:
81.85 bpm
Chords used:
C#
A#m
D#m
F#
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#]
[F] [C#]
[F#] Long time people thought I wrote [G] this tune.
[G#] I used to sell them just a little bit of lead [E] copies,
35 [D#m] cents there.
[Am]
[G#] Sheet [C#] music, nobody could see it.
[Em]
[D#m] [G]
[C] [C#] If I was whiskey and you were the duck,
[A#m] I'd dive to [C#] the bottom and I'd never come up.
Oh, [A#m] how [F#] long do I [C#] have to wait?
[D#m] Can I get it now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
[G#]
[G] [A#m] If [C#] I had a woman, [A#m] she was tall.
She'd make me think about my parasol.
How [A#m]
long [F#] do I have to [A#m] wait?
[D#m] Can I get it now?
Do I have to hesitate?
[C#]
No, lady, finally must [F] change.
[C#] I hit and knocked her right off her cane.
[A#] Oh, how long do I have [C#] to wait?
Can I [C]
get it now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
[A#m]
Mama, mama, look at this.
She's out [C#] on the levee doing the double twist.
[A#] Lord, how long do I [C#] have to wait?
[A#m] Can [D#m] I get you now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
[A#m] She said, come [C#] in here, you dirty little sow.
You trying to be a bad girl, [A#m] you don't know [F#] how.
How long do I [C#] have to wait?
[D#m] Can I get you now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
She said, touch my body, touch [A#m] my shawl.
Do not [C#] touch my waterfall.
[A#m] Oh, how long?
[F#] [C#]
[D#m] Yes, if I get you now, won't have to [C#] hesitate.
[A#m]
That's a girl sitting [C#] on a stone.
I know, I know she's on the stone.
[F#] Just how long [A#] do I [C#] wait?
[G#] Couldn't say that.
I wouldn't [D#m] do that.
Can you get you now?
Do I [C#] have to hesitate?
[A#m]
[C#]
[D#]
[F#] [G#]
[C#] [D#m]
[A]
[C#] Tell me, babe, what you've got on your mind.
I'm eating and drinking, having a lovely time.
[F#] How long do [Fm] I have to wait?
[C#] [G#] Yes, if I get you now,
[F] [C#]
[F#] Long time people thought I wrote [G] this tune.
[G#] I used to sell them just a little bit of lead [E] copies,
35 [D#m] cents there.
[Am]
[G#] Sheet [C#] music, nobody could see it.
[Em]
[D#m] [G]
[C] [C#] If I was whiskey and you were the duck,
[A#m] I'd dive to [C#] the bottom and I'd never come up.
Oh, [A#m] how [F#] long do I [C#] have to wait?
[D#m] Can I get it now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
[G#]
[G] [A#m] If [C#] I had a woman, [A#m] she was tall.
She'd make me think about my parasol.
How [A#m]
long [F#] do I have to [A#m] wait?
[D#m] Can I get it now?
Do I have to hesitate?
[C#]
No, lady, finally must [F] change.
[C#] I hit and knocked her right off her cane.
[A#] Oh, how long do I have [C#] to wait?
Can I [C]
get it now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
[A#m]
Mama, mama, look at this.
She's out [C#] on the levee doing the double twist.
[A#] Lord, how long do I [C#] have to wait?
[A#m] Can [D#m] I get you now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
[A#m] She said, come [C#] in here, you dirty little sow.
You trying to be a bad girl, [A#m] you don't know [F#] how.
How long do I [C#] have to wait?
[D#m] Can I get you now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
She said, touch my body, touch [A#m] my shawl.
Do not [C#] touch my waterfall.
[A#m] Oh, how long?
[F#] [C#]
[D#m] Yes, if I get you now, won't have to [C#] hesitate.
[A#m]
That's a girl sitting [C#] on a stone.
I know, I know she's on the stone.
[F#] Just how long [A#] do I [C#] wait?
[G#] Couldn't say that.
I wouldn't [D#m] do that.
Can you get you now?
Do I [C#] have to hesitate?
[A#m]
[C#]
[D#]
[F#] [G#]
[C#] [D#m]
[A]
[C#] Tell me, babe, what you've got on your mind.
I'm eating and drinking, having a lovely time.
[F#] How long do [Fm] I have to wait?
[C#] [G#] Yes, if I get you now,
Key:
C#
A#m
D#m
F#
G#
C#
A#m
D#m
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ Long time people thought I wrote [G] this tune.
[G#] I used to sell them just a little bit of lead [E] copies,
35 [D#m] cents there.
_ _ [Am] _
[G#] Sheet [C#] music, nobody could see it.
_ [Em] _
[D#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [C#] If I was whiskey and you were the duck,
[A#m] I'd dive to [C#] the bottom and I'd never come up.
Oh, [A#m] how [F#] long do I [C#] have to wait? _ _
_ _ [D#m] Can I get it now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
_ [G#] _
[G] _ _ _ [A#m] If [C#] I had a woman, [A#m] she was tall.
She'd make me think about my parasol.
How [A#m]
long [F#] do I have to [A#m] wait?
_ _ _ _ [D#m] Can I get it now?
Do I have to hesitate?
[C#] _
_ _ _ _ _
No, lady, finally must [F] change.
[C#] I hit and knocked her right off her cane.
[A#] Oh, how long do I have [C#] to wait?
_ _ Can I [C]
get it now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m]
Mama, mama, look at this.
She's out [C#] on the levee doing the double twist.
[A#] Lord, how long do I [C#] have to wait?
[A#m] _ _ Can [D#m] I get you now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
_ _ _ _ [A#m] She said, come [C#] in here, you dirty little sow.
You trying to be a bad girl, [A#m] you don't know [F#] how.
How long do I [C#] have to wait?
_ _ _ [D#m] Can I get you now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
_ _ _ _ She said, touch my body, touch [A#m] my shawl.
Do not [C#] touch my waterfall.
[A#m] Oh, how long?
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ [D#m] Yes, if I get you now, won't have to [C#] hesitate.
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _
That's a girl sitting [C#] on a stone.
I know, I know she's on the stone.
[F#] Just how long _ [A#] do I [C#] wait?
[G#] Couldn't say that.
_ _ I wouldn't [D#m] do that.
Can you get you now?
Do I [C#] have to hesitate?
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] Tell me, babe, what you've got on your mind.
I'm eating and drinking, having a lovely time.
[F#] How long do _ [Fm] I have to wait? _
[C#] _ _ [G#] Yes, if I get you now,
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ Long time people thought I wrote [G] this tune.
[G#] I used to sell them just a little bit of lead [E] copies,
35 [D#m] cents there.
_ _ [Am] _
[G#] Sheet [C#] music, nobody could see it.
_ [Em] _
[D#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [C#] If I was whiskey and you were the duck,
[A#m] I'd dive to [C#] the bottom and I'd never come up.
Oh, [A#m] how [F#] long do I [C#] have to wait? _ _
_ _ [D#m] Can I get it now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
_ [G#] _
[G] _ _ _ [A#m] If [C#] I had a woman, [A#m] she was tall.
She'd make me think about my parasol.
How [A#m]
long [F#] do I have to [A#m] wait?
_ _ _ _ [D#m] Can I get it now?
Do I have to hesitate?
[C#] _
_ _ _ _ _
No, lady, finally must [F] change.
[C#] I hit and knocked her right off her cane.
[A#] Oh, how long do I have [C#] to wait?
_ _ Can I [C]
get it now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m]
Mama, mama, look at this.
She's out [C#] on the levee doing the double twist.
[A#] Lord, how long do I [C#] have to wait?
[A#m] _ _ Can [D#m] I get you now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
_ _ _ _ [A#m] She said, come [C#] in here, you dirty little sow.
You trying to be a bad girl, [A#m] you don't know [F#] how.
How long do I [C#] have to wait?
_ _ _ [D#m] Can I get you now?
Do I have to [C#] hesitate?
_ _ _ _ She said, touch my body, touch [A#m] my shawl.
Do not [C#] touch my waterfall.
[A#m] Oh, how long?
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ [D#m] Yes, if I get you now, won't have to [C#] hesitate.
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _
That's a girl sitting [C#] on a stone.
I know, I know she's on the stone.
[F#] Just how long _ [A#] do I [C#] wait?
[G#] Couldn't say that.
_ _ I wouldn't [D#m] do that.
Can you get you now?
Do I [C#] have to hesitate?
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] Tell me, babe, what you've got on your mind.
I'm eating and drinking, having a lovely time.
[F#] How long do _ [Fm] I have to wait? _
[C#] _ _ [G#] Yes, if I get you now,