{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2004669,"song":"Colorado Kool-Aid","artist":"Johnny Paycheck","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11447495-colorado-kool-aid-chords-by-johnny-paycheck/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2004669?type=chord","rating":4.76085,"votes":31,"content":"This entire song is spoken(and yelled in the CAPS section).  Alternate bass notes are used throughout with\r\nsimple bass notes leading into the G(d-e-f#-G) and C(g-a-b-C) chord changes.\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, I was sittin' in this beer joint down in Houston, Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas drinkin' Colorado Cool-Aid and talkin' to some Mexicans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn' we was, what's that you say?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat's Colorado Cool-Aid?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, it's a can of Coors brewed from a mountain stream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt'll set your head on fire an' make your kidneys scream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, it sure is fine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, we was havin' ourselves one of them real good times[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you know just as sure as any beer joint you've ever been in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's some big, mean drunk who just ain't got no friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, he wants to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's gonna whip everything in sight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, he took him a big cold swallow of beer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he walked over and spit in my Mexican friends ear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSure enough - that made my buddy real mad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's somethin' like he ain't never had[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, Sir, he pulled out a big, long switch blade knife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nQuick as a whistle he began to slice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat big mean drunk stood back, his face full of tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLookin' down at the floor, at one of his ears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHa, he cut that thing off even with the sideburns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, ya might say the little Mexican fella, he just didn't give a dern[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he was a gentleman about it - An' bent over and with a half way grin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPicked it up and handed it back to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Now big man, the next time you get the urge to spit a little beer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou just open up your hand there and spit it in your own ear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWon't be no trouble that way\", that's what I heard him say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I said, \"Barmaid,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nset us up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\na round of that Colorado Cool-Aid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd while you're up there, bring this big fella here, a box of Bandaids\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow let me tell you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nif you're ever ridin' down in south of Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you decide to stop an' drink some Colorado Cool-Aid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn' maybe talk to some Mexicans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn' you get the urge to get a little tough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBetter make damn sure you got your knife proof ear-muffs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHey, ain't that right, big man?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI SAID, AIN'T THAT RIGHT, BIG MAN?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAh, hell - he can't hear,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nnot on this side anyway, he ain't got no ear![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHey barmaid, bring us all a big, tall glass of that Colorado Cool-Aid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow about it?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow you doin' there, big man? Still got your ear there in your hand?[/tab]","plain_text":"This entire song is spoken(and yelled in the CAPS section).  Alternate bass notes are used throughout with\nsimple bass notes leading into the G(d-e-f#-G) and C(g-a-b-C) chord changes.\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}