Intro:

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C

We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout.

We been talkin' 'bout Jackson ever since the fire went out.

                   F                                        C

I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess a-round.

                             F             G                          C

Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,   look out Jackson town.

          C

Well, go on down to Jackson. Go ahead and wreck your health.

Go play your hand, you big talkin' man and make a big fool of yourself.

                   F                                     C

Yeah, go to Jackson. Go comb your hair.

                                             F               G              C

Honey, I'm gonna snowball    Jackson.      See if I care.

           C

When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow.

All them women gonna mak me teach 'em what they don't know how.

                   F                                          C

I'm goin' to Jackson, you turn loose my coat.

                              F           G                                      C

'Cause I'm goin' to Jackson.     Goodbye, that's all she     wrote.

                 C

But they'll laugh at you in Jackson, and I'll be dancin' on a pony keg.

Then I'll lead you 'round town like a scolded hound

With your tail tucked between your legs.

                    F                                   C

Yeah, go to Jackson, you big talkin' man.

                                 F           G                             C

And I'll be waitin' in Jackson,    behind my Japan fan.

                   C

Well, now, we got married in a fever. Hotter than a pepper sprout.

We been talkin' 'bout Jackson ever since the fire went out.

                         F                              C

We're going to Jackson, and that's a fact.

                                  F            G                               C

Yeah, we're going to Jackson,      ain't never comin' back.

Outro: Verse and fade

                   C

Well, now, we got married in a fever. Hotter than a pepper sprout.

We been talkin' 'bout Jackson ever since the fire went out.

                         F                              C

We're going to Jackson, and that's a fact.

                                  F            G                               C

Yeah, we're going to Jackson,      ain't never comin' back.