Cash on the Barrelhead

C
Got in a little trouble at the county seat
G7
C
Lord they put me in the jailhouse for loafing on the street
G7
C
He said forty five dollars or thirty days in the can
C7
F
C
That’ll be cash on the barrelhead son
G7
C
You can make your choice you’re twenty one
C7
F
C
No money down no credit plan
G7
C
No time to chase you cause I’m a busy man
G7
C
I had a good hearted jailer with a six gun hip
G7
C
And no sooner than I told her she shouted out at me
C7
F
C
That’ll be cash on the barrelhead son
G7
C
Not part not half but the entire sum
C7
F
C
No money down no credit plan
G7
C
Cause a little bird tells me you’re a traveling man
G7
C
I was feeling mighty hungry my feet a heavy load
G7
C
Just as I was being seated the driver caught my arm
C7
F
C
That’ll be cash on the barrelhead son
G7
C
This old grey dog is paid to run
C7
F
C
When the engine stops the wheels won’t roll
G7
C
Give me cash on the barrelhead I’ll take you down the road

G7

C7

F

C