If The River Was Whiskey
Charlie Poole Version
Key: G
Writer Unknown

Chords and Lyrics provided by Judy Muldawer
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       G
If the river was whiskey and I was a duck
                               G7
I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up
            C                      G
Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait?
          D7                        G    D7
Oh, can I get you now, must I  hesi tate?

       G
If the river was whiskey and the branch was wine
                                 G7
You would see me in bathing just any old time
            C                      G
Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait?
          D7                       G    D7
Oh, can I get you now, must I hesi tate?

      G
I was born in England, raised in France
                                     G7
I ordered a suit of clothes and they wouldn't send the pants
        C                      G
Tell me how long have I got to wait?
          D7                       G    D7
Oh, can I get you now, must I hesi tate?

      G
I was born in Alabama, I’s raised in Tennessee
                                    G7
If you don't like my peaches, don't shake on my tree
            C                      G
Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait?
          D7                      G    D7
Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?

         G
I looked down the road just as far as I could see
                           G7
A man had my woman and the blues had me
        C                      G
Tell me how long have I got to wait?
          D7                  G     D7
Oh, can I get you now, must I  tate?

  G
I ain't no doctor but the doctor's son
                                G7
I can do the doct'rin' till the doctor comes
            C                      G
Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait?
          D7                      G    D7
Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?

        G
Got the hesitation stockings, the hesitation shoes
                                 G7
Believe to my Lord, I've got the hesitation blues
        C                      G
Tell me how long have I got to wait?
          D7                       G    CD7G
Oh, can I get you now, must I hesi tate?