Chords for JACKSON IN THE VALLEY
Tempo:
104.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
Bm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
[G]
called Jackson [Bm] in the Valley.
[G] [N] And that's going to require tuning.
Tuning.
Okay.
Tuning will prompt another [C] banjo joke.
[G] Which may make it even longer.
[Bm] I couldn't say [G] for a lot, but I have no idea what he's [Cm] [G] doing.
Mark Twain, otherwise known as Sam Clements,
the famous author of Old,
[F] [C#]
[G] he wants [Bm] his quote to say about
[G] the definition of a perfect gentleman
is a man who can play the banjo and don't.
[A#] [Bm] [G]
What do you [F#] do if you run [B] over a banjo?
[G] That's right.
[Am] How can you tell if there's a banjo [G] player at your door?
You can't find the key, and you don't know when to come in.
Okay, Jackson in the Valley.
Campaign in the Valley.
This song tells the story of Jackson's campaign.
Three, four, [Am] five.
[G]
[Am] [G]
Let me play it slow.
What a magic place he was.
Old Jackson's name was Mark.
Now the Marks crossed the road.
Went back far to Washington.
[Am] [G]
Come the spring of 62.
Down the valley old blue light blue.
And turns down there he picked a fight.
And gave old Ava a good surprise.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
Red book in the valley makes you cry tomorrow.
Jackson's in the valley, out here is his apartment.
Jackson's in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
Down the valley and down the hill.
Stole the boys he'd buy.
And we knew him once and maybe more.
The Marks, and the Marks, and the Marks of old.
[Am] [G]
[C] [G]
Now the waves of river yell.
As the men from Yankee State.
The yell will give them a great shout.
One day all the Marks in the Blackboard will fall.
[C] [G]
[Am] [G]
Where Mark keeps a note of our leaders old.
And it's true our boys are old.
Jim Cook, our bus keeps right.
The most of those are here for life.
[C] [G] Back
[C] [G]
straight to Kentucky.
Down the valley they all move through.
Jackson's swift, the valley clear.
And now he marches on the college square.
[C] [G]
Red book in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
Jackson's in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G]
[Am] [G]
[N] Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
[Em]
[G]
called Jackson [Bm] in the Valley.
[G] [N] And that's going to require tuning.
Tuning.
Okay.
Tuning will prompt another [C] banjo joke.
[G] Which may make it even longer.
[Bm] I couldn't say [G] for a lot, but I have no idea what he's [Cm] [G] doing.
Mark Twain, otherwise known as Sam Clements,
the famous author of Old,
[F] [C#]
[G] he wants [Bm] his quote to say about
[G] the definition of a perfect gentleman
is a man who can play the banjo and don't.
[A#] [Bm] [G]
What do you [F#] do if you run [B] over a banjo?
[G] That's right.
[Am] How can you tell if there's a banjo [G] player at your door?
You can't find the key, and you don't know when to come in.
Okay, Jackson in the Valley.
Campaign in the Valley.
This song tells the story of Jackson's campaign.
Three, four, [Am] five.
[G]
[Am] [G]
Let me play it slow.
What a magic place he was.
Old Jackson's name was Mark.
Now the Marks crossed the road.
Went back far to Washington.
[Am] [G]
Come the spring of 62.
Down the valley old blue light blue.
And turns down there he picked a fight.
And gave old Ava a good surprise.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
Red book in the valley makes you cry tomorrow.
Jackson's in the valley, out here is his apartment.
Jackson's in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
Down the valley and down the hill.
Stole the boys he'd buy.
And we knew him once and maybe more.
The Marks, and the Marks, and the Marks of old.
[Am] [G]
[C] [G]
Now the waves of river yell.
As the men from Yankee State.
The yell will give them a great shout.
One day all the Marks in the Blackboard will fall.
[C] [G]
[Am] [G]
Where Mark keeps a note of our leaders old.
And it's true our boys are old.
Jim Cook, our bus keeps right.
The most of those are here for life.
[C] [G] Back
[C] [G]
straight to Kentucky.
Down the valley they all move through.
Jackson's swift, the valley clear.
And now he marches on the college square.
[C] [G]
Red book in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
Jackson's in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G]
[Am] [G]
[N] Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
[Em]
Key:
G
C
Am
Bm
Cm
G
C
Am
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ called Jackson [Bm] in the Valley.
[G] _ _ _ _ [N] And that's going to require tuning.
_ _ Tuning. _ _ _
Okay.
Tuning will prompt another [C] banjo joke. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Which may make it even longer.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ I couldn't say [G] for a lot, but I have no idea what he's [Cm] _ [G] doing.
Mark Twain, otherwise known as Sam Clements,
the famous author of Old,
[F] _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ he wants [Bm] his quote to say about
_ _ [G] the definition of a perfect gentleman _ _
is a man who can play the banjo and don't. _
_ [A#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ What do you [F#] do if you run [B] over a banjo? _ _
[G] That's right. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] How can you tell if there's a banjo [G] player at your door?
You can't find the key, and you don't know when to come in. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, Jackson in the Valley.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Campaign in the Valley.
This song tells the story of Jackson's campaign. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Three, four, [Am] five.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Let me play it slow. _ _
What a magic place he was.
Old Jackson's name was Mark.
Now the Marks crossed the road.
Went back far to Washington.
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Come the spring of 62.
Down the valley old blue light blue.
And turns down there he picked a fight.
And gave old Ava a good surprise.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Red book in the valley makes you cry tomorrow.
Jackson's in the valley, out here is his apartment.
Jackson's in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Down the valley and down the hill.
Stole the boys he'd buy.
And we knew him once and maybe more.
The Marks, and the Marks, and the Marks of old.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Now the waves of river yell.
As the men from Yankee State.
The yell will give them a great shout.
One day all the Marks in the Blackboard will fall.
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
Where Mark keeps a note of our leaders old.
And it's true our boys are old.
Jim Cook, our bus keeps right.
The most of those are here for life.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ Back _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
straight to Kentucky.
Down the valley they all move through.
Jackson's swift, the valley clear.
And now he marches on the college square.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Red book in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
Jackson's in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] Woo! _
Woo!
_ Woo! _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ called Jackson [Bm] in the Valley.
[G] _ _ _ _ [N] And that's going to require tuning.
_ _ Tuning. _ _ _
Okay.
Tuning will prompt another [C] banjo joke. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Which may make it even longer.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ I couldn't say [G] for a lot, but I have no idea what he's [Cm] _ [G] doing.
Mark Twain, otherwise known as Sam Clements,
the famous author of Old,
[F] _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ he wants [Bm] his quote to say about
_ _ [G] the definition of a perfect gentleman _ _
is a man who can play the banjo and don't. _
_ [A#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ What do you [F#] do if you run [B] over a banjo? _ _
[G] That's right. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] How can you tell if there's a banjo [G] player at your door?
You can't find the key, and you don't know when to come in. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, Jackson in the Valley.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Campaign in the Valley.
This song tells the story of Jackson's campaign. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Three, four, [Am] five.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Let me play it slow. _ _
What a magic place he was.
Old Jackson's name was Mark.
Now the Marks crossed the road.
Went back far to Washington.
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Come the spring of 62.
Down the valley old blue light blue.
And turns down there he picked a fight.
And gave old Ava a good surprise.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Red book in the valley makes you cry tomorrow.
Jackson's in the valley, out here is his apartment.
Jackson's in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Down the valley and down the hill.
Stole the boys he'd buy.
And we knew him once and maybe more.
The Marks, and the Marks, and the Marks of old.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Now the waves of river yell.
As the men from Yankee State.
The yell will give them a great shout.
One day all the Marks in the Blackboard will fall.
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
Where Mark keeps a note of our leaders old.
And it's true our boys are old.
Jim Cook, our bus keeps right.
The most of those are here for life.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ Back _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
straight to Kentucky.
Down the valley they all move through.
Jackson's swift, the valley clear.
And now he marches on the college square.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Red book in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
Jackson's in the valley, strong, for the loot.
Jackson's in the valley, all hail the bigger blue.
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] Woo! _
Woo!
_ Woo! _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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