Biography:
Johnny Paycheck (May 31, 1938 – February 18, 2003) was a country music singer. He is most famous for covering the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job And Shove It".
Born Donald Eugene Lytle in Greenfield, Ohio, he began playing guitar by age 6 and made his first record at age 15. After a time served in the United States Navy (which included a court-martial for assault), he began performing under the name Donny Young. The singer took a job with country music star George Jones
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Other songs:
- 11 Months 29 Days
- 21 Miles To Lake Charles Prison
- Drinking And Driving
- It Won't Be Long (and I'll Be Hatin' You)
- Only Hell That Mama Ever Raise
- 11 Months And 29 Days
- A
- According To The Bible
- Armed And Crazy
- Barstool Mountain
- Billy Jack Washburn
- Black Sheep
- Cocaine Train
- Colorado Kool
- Dont Monkey With Another Monkeys Monkey
- Dont Take Her Shes All I Got
- Dont Tell My Wife
- Down At The Corner At A Bar Called Kellys
- Every Minute I Want Jesus By My Side
- Fifteen Beers
- For A Minute There
- From Here To The Door
- Galway Bay
- Georgia In A Jug
- Haven For Angels Unaware
- Heartbreak Tennessee
- Help Me Hank Im Falling
- Her Crown She Has Won
- High Heels And No Soul
- I Can See Me Loving You Again
- I Cant Hold Myself In Line
- I Cant Quit Drinkin
- I Dont Know When That Will Be
- I Got Wine On My Mind
- I Sleep With Her Memory Every Night
- I Thought Id Never Fall In Love Again
- I Want To Go Somewhere
- If You Think Youre Lonely
- Im Not Looking Back Anymore
- Im Remembering
- Im The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised
- In Memory Of A Memory
- It Wont Be Long And Ill Be Hatin You
- Jukebox Charlie
- Keep On Loving Me
- Lets All Go Down To The River
- Lets Walk Hand In Hand
- Look What The Dog Drug In
- Love Is A Good Thing
- Love Sure Is Beautiful
- Make Me One More Memory
- Man From Bowling Green
- Man Thats Satisfied
- Motel Time Again
- Mr Lovemaker
- My Part Of Forever
- Nowhere To Run
- Old Violin
- Once Youve Had The Best
- Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised
- Only Love Can Save Us Now
- Pardon Me Ive Got Someone To Kill
- Rhythm Guitar
- Ride On Sonny
- Sharon Rae
- Shes All I Got
- Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets
- Someone To Give My Love To
- Something About You I Love
- Take This Job And Shove It
- The Day Is Almost Over
- The Girl They Talk About
- The Old Blind Fiddler
- The Real Mr Heartache
- When I Had A Home To Go To
- Where In The World
- You Better Move On
- You Can Have Her
- You Once Lived Here
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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
D
But 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
D
An' 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
I SAID, AIN'T THAT RIGHT, BIG MAN?
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?
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
D
But 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
D
An' 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
I SAID, AIN'T THAT RIGHT, BIG MAN?
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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