Cool & Unusual Punishment Intro: Bm E (4X) Bm E Colorado you made me love you Bm E So I'm putting you on trial Bm E For turning me against my own state F# To whom I've been so faithful G And loved exclusively for a while Bm E Like any affair of this kind Bm E It began so innocently Bm E You seduced me with your beauty F# But I a sucker for sensation G I found no resistance in me F# A I found no strength to leave her Chorus: D A D Colorado must take the stand A Bm G A D A She has made an adulterer of a happily married man D A D Colorado's here for reprimand A Bm G A D A# She has made an adulterer of a happily married man Verse: My home state of Texas Has never done anything To deserve this kind of immoral treatment of Lying and deception All in the name of a summer fling, oh I, a powerless man I couldn't stand in the shadow Of her mountains and expect to overcome The joy of gratitude accompanied By an indulgent glance How could any red-blooded man look away? Chorus Bridge: A I can tell DA A The lawyer that you hired is a D A Crook in disguise E You'll walk out of the courtroom D And find the nearest man E Yeah you and I both know D That a jury's gonna be leniant A On a good looking woman, yeah Instrumental: D A D A D A E (X2) FGFA Verse: Colorado, raise your right hand And look us all in the face Vow to put an end to the torment That you've spread around like butter Never askin what it meant To institute separation of man and state And this parallelization disintegrates Chorus Outro:(X2) D A Colorado, D A Colorado, Bm G A D Colorado must take the stand