Intro:
C | C | C | C |
Unison:
C We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout
C We’ve been talking ‘bout Jackson
Male:
C7 Ever since the fire went out
C7 I’m going to F Jackson Gonna mess a C round
Yeah I’m going to F Jackson G7 Look out Jackson C town
Female:
C Well go on down to Jackson go ahead and wreck your health
Go play your hand you big talking man Make a C7 big fool of yourself
Yeah go to F Jackson But Go comb your C hair
Male:
Honey I’m gonna snow ball F Jackson
Female:
G7 Go ahead see if I C care
Male:
C When I breeze into that city people gonna stoop and bow
Female:
Hah!
Male:
All them women gonna make me
C7 Teach ‘em what they don’t know how
I’m going to F Jackson You turn loose o’ my C coat
Yeah I’m going to F Jackson
Female:
G7 Goodbye that’s all she C wrote
Female:
C They gonna laugh at you in Jackson
and I’ll be dancin’ on a pony keg
They’ll lead you roun’ town like a scalded hound
With your C7 tail tucked between your legs
Yeah go to F Jackson You big talking C man
And I’ll be waiting there in F Jackson G7 Behind my ja-pan C fan
Unison:
C We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout
We’ve been talking ‘bout Jackson C7 ever since the fire went out
We’re going to F Jackson and that’s a C natural fact
Yeah we’re going to F Jackson
G7 ain’t never comin’ C back
C Jackson, Jackson, Jackson, Jackson (repeat and fade)
Verse:
C Jackson. Jackson, Jackson, Jackson… fade.
Intro:
C | C | C | C |
Unison:
C We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout
C We’ve been talking ‘bout Jackson
Male:
C7 Ever since the fire went out
C7 I’m going to F Jackson Gonna mess a C round
Yeah I’m going to F Jackson G7 Look out Jackson C town
Female:
C Well go on down to Jackson go ahead and wreck your health
Go play your hand you big talking man Make a C7 big fool of yourself
Yeah go to F Jackson But Go comb your C hair
Male:
Honey I’m gonna snow ball F Jackson
Female:
G7 Go ahead see if I C care
Male:
C When I breeze into that city people gonna stoop and bow
Female:
Hah!
Male:
All them women gonna make me
C7 Teach ‘em what they don’t know how
I’m going to F Jackson You turn loose o’ my C coat
Yeah I’m going to F Jackson
Female:
G7 Goodbye that’s all she C wrote
Female:
C They gonna laugh at you in Jackson
and I’ll be dancin’ on a pony keg
They’ll lead you roun’ town like a scalded hound
With your C7 tail tucked between your legs
Yeah go to F Jackson You big talking C man
And I’ll be waiting there in F Jackson G7 Behind my ja-pan C fan
Unison:
C We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout
We’ve been talking ‘bout Jackson C7 ever since the fire went out
We’re going to F Jackson and that’s a C natural fact
Yeah we’re going to F Jackson
G7 ain’t never comin’ C back
C Jackson, Jackson, Jackson, Jackson (repeat and fade)
Verse:
C Jackson. Jackson, Jackson, Jackson… fade.
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