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C5                C5                      F5    
No time to chase you,.. 'cause I'm  busy man. 
 
VERSE ONE / VOCALS 
F5 
Got in a little trouble,... at the county seat. 
                                                  
Lord, they put me in the jailhouse,.... for loafin' on the street. 
                          Bb5 
When the judge heard the verdict,..I was a guilty man, 
                     F5 
He said, Forty-five dollars,...or thirty days in the can. 
           Bb5                        F5   
That'll be cash.. on the barrelhead, son 
                   C5                      F5 
You can make your choice,... you're twenty-one. 
         Bb5                 F5 
No money down,... no credit plan, 
           C5                            F5    
No time to chase you,.. 'cause I'm  busy man. 
 
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F5 
Got in a little trouble,... at the county seat. 
                                                  
Lord, they put me in the jailhouse,.... for loafin' on the street. 
         Bb5                 F5 
No money down,... no credit plan, 
           C5                            F5    
No time to chase you,.. 'cause I'm  busy man. 
 
VERSE TWO / VOCAL 
F5 
Found a telephone number,... on a laundry slip 
 
And a good-hearted jailer,... with a six-gun hip 
                    Bb5 
He let me call long-distance,... she said, Number, please 
                  F5 
No sooner than I told her,... she shouted out at me, 
           Bb5                         F5 
That'll be cash ...on the barrelhead, son, 
              C5                      F5 
Not part, not half, ...but the entire sum 
         Bb5                 F5 
No money down,... no credit plan  
                     C5                                   F5 
Cause a little bird tells me,... that you're a travellin' man 
 
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         Bb5                 F5 
No money down,... no credit plan, 
            C5                           F5    
No time to chase you,.. 'cause I'm  busy man. 
 
VERSE THREE / VOCALS 
F5 
Thirty days in the jailhouse, ...four days on the road, 
 
I was feeling mighty hungry,... my feet a heavy load. 
                Bb5 
Saw a Greyhound comin',... stuck up my thumb 
                   F5 
Before I got to my seated,... the driver caught my arm. 
                  Bb5                         F5 
Said, "That'll be cash... on the barrelhead, son 
             C5                    F5 
This old grey dog,... gets paid to run 
/               Bb5                              F5 
When the engine starts,... and the wheels won't roll, 
                    C5                                    F5 
Give me cash on the barrelhead,... I'll take you down the road.