Colorado Cool-Aid — Johnny Paycheck
Chords and lyrics for Colorado Cool-Aid by Johnny Paycheck (key of G).
Verse 1
This entire song is spoken(and yelled in the CAPS section). Alternate bass
notes are used throughout with
simple bass notes leading into the G(d-e-f#-G) and C(g-a-b-C) chord
changes.
Verse
[G]Well, I was sittin' in this beer joint down in Houston, Texas
[C]Was drinkin' Colorado Cool-Aid and talkin' to some Mexicans
[D]An' we was, what's that you say?
[G]What's Colorado Cool-Aid?
[G]Well, it's a can of Coors brewed from a mountain stream
[C]It'll set your head on fire an' make your kidneys scream
[D]Oh, it sure is fine
[G]Yeah, we was havin' ourselves one of them real good times
[G]But you know just as sure as any beer joint you've ever been in
[C]There's some big, mean drunk who just ain't got no friends
[D]Yeah, he wants to fight
[G]He's gonna whip everything in sight
[G]Well, he took him a big cold swallow of beer
[C]And he walked over and spit in my Mexican friends ear
[D]Sure enough - that made my buddy real mad
[G]That's somethin' like he ain't never had
[G]Well, Sir, he pulled out a big, long switch blade knife
[C]Quick as a whistle he began to slice
[D]That big mean drunk stood back, his face full of tears
[G]Lookin' down at the floor, at one of his ears
[G]Ha, he cut that thing off even with the sideburns
[C]Well, ya might say the little Mexican fella, he just didn't give a dern
But [D]he was a gentleman about it - An' bent over and with a half way grin
[G]Picked it up and handed it back to him
[G]He said, "Now big man, the next time you get the urge to spit a little beer
[C]You just open up your hand there and spit it in your own ear
[D]Won't be no trouble that way", that's what I heard him say
[G]And I said, "Barmaid,
[G]set us up
[C]a round of that Colorado Cool-Aid
[D]And while you're up there, bring this big fella here, a box of Bandaids"
[G]Now let me tell you
[G]if you're ever ridin' down in south of Texas
[C]And you decide to stop an' drink some Colorado Cool-Aid
An' [D]maybe talk to some Mexicans
[G]An' you get the urge to get a little tough
[G]Better make damn sure you got your knife proof ear-muffs
[C]Hey, ain't that right, big man?
[D]
[G]Ah, hell - he can't hear,
[G]not on this side anyway, he ain't got no ear!
[C]Hey barmaid, bring us all a big, tall glass of that Colorado Cool-Aid
[D]How about it?
[G]How you doin' there, big man? Still got your ear there in your hand?
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