INTRO: INSTRUMENTALLY OVER LINE BELOW
CC7F
No time to chase you,.. 'cause I'm busy man.
VERSE ONE / VOCALS
F
Got in a little trouble,... at the county seat.
Lord, they put me in the jailhouse,.... for loafin' on the street.
Bb
When the judge heard the verdict,..I was a guilty man,
F
He said, Forty-five dollars,...or thirty days in the can.
BbF
That'll be cash.. on the barrelhead, son
C7F
You can make your choice,... you're twenty-one.
BbF
No money down,... no credit plan,
C7F
No time to chase you,.. 'cause I'm busy man.
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F
Got in a little trouble,... at the county seat.
Lord, they put me in the jailhouse,.... for loafin' on the street.
BbF
No money down,... no credit plan,
C7F
No time to chase you,.. 'cause I'm busy man.
VERSE TWO / VOCAL
F
Found a telephone number,... on a laundry slip
And a good-hearted jailer,... with a six-gun hip
Bb
He let me call long-distance,... she said, Number, please
F
No sooner than I told her,... she shouted out at me,
BbF
That'll be cash ...on the barrelhead, son,
C7F
Not part, not half, ...but the entire sum
BbF
No money down,... no credit plan
C7F
Cause a little bird tells me,... that you're a travellin' man
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BbF
No money down,... no credit plan,
C7F
No time to chase you,.. 'cause I'm busy man.
VERSE THREE / VOCALS
F
Thirty days in the jailhouse, ...four days on the road,
I was feeling mighty hungry,... my feet a heavy load.
Bb
Saw a Greyhound comin',... stuck up my thumb
F
Before I got to my seated,... the driver caught my arm.
BbF
Said, "That'll be cash... on the barrelhead, son
C7F
This old grey dog,... gets paid to run
. BbF
When the engine starts,... and the wheels won't roll,
C7F
Give me cash on the barrelhead,... I'll take you down the road.