Key: F
Introduction:
C C7 F
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.
Bb F
That'll be cash.. on the barrelhead, son
C7 F
You can make your choice,... you're twenty-one.
Bb F
No money down,... no credit plan,
C7 F
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.
Bb F
No money down,... no credit plan,
C7 F
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,
Bb F
That'll be cash ...on the barrelhead, son,
C7 F
Not part, not half, ...but the entire sum
Bb F
No money down,... no credit plan
C7 F
Cause a little bird tells me,... that you're a travellin' man
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Bb F
No money down,... no credit plan,
C7 F
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.
Bb F
Said, "That'll be cash... on the barrelhead, son
C7 F
This old grey dog,... gets paid to run
Bb F
When the engine starts,... and the wheels won't roll,
C7 F
Give me cash on the barrelhead,... I'll take you down the road.