Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Jackson



Jackson
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C                                                      
We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout  
C                                 
We've been talking 'bout Jackson  
C7                            
ever since the fire went out  
   
             F                   C       
I'm going to Jackson, gonna mess around  
                   F        G7               C     
yeah, I'm going to Jackson, look out Jackson town  
   
C                                                      
Go on down to Jackson, go ahead and wreck your health  
C                                        
Go play your hand, you big talking man,  
       C7                      
make a big fool o-of yourself  
C           F                  C     
Yeah, go to Jackson, comb your hair  
                    F         
I'm gonna snow ball Jackson,  
G7       C     
see if I care  
   
C                                                                
When I breeze into that city, people goona stoop and bow (hah!)  
C                             
all them women gonna make me  
C7                                   
teach 'em  what they don't know how  
                 F                        C      
aw, I'm going to Jackson, turn loose'a my coat,  
                    F         
cause, I'm going to Jackson,  
   
G7                      C      
goodbye, that's all she wrote  
   
C                                                                        
But they'll laugh at you in Jackson,  and I'll be dancin' on a pony keg  
C                                                   
they'll lead you 'roun' town like a scolded hound,  
          C7                            
with your tail tucked 'tween your legs  
            F                        C    
yeah, go to Jackson, you big talking man  
                       F       G7               C    
and I'll be waiting in Jackson behind my jaypan fan  
   
C                                                      
We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout  
C                                 
We've been talking 'bout Jackson  
C7                            
ever since the fire went out  
   
             F                     C     
I'm going to Jackson, and that's a fact  
                     F        G7                 C     
yeah, we're going to Jackson, ain't never comin' back  
   

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