G
I got in a little trouble, at the county seat

Lord, they put me in the jailhouse
            D       G
For loafing on the street
                     G
Well, the judge said guilty

He made his point

He said forty-five dollars
           D           G
Or thirty days in the joint


[Chorus]
             C                      G
That'll be cash on the barrelhead, hun
                     D
You can take your choice
               G
You're twenty-one
          C
No money down
           G
No credit plan
             D
No time to chase you
                    G
Because I'm a busy man


[Instrumental]
C G D G C G D G


[Verse 2]
                    G
I found a telephone number, on a laundry slip

I had a good-hearted jailor
        D       G
With a six gun hip
                    G
He let me call long distance

She said, "Number, please"

And just as soon as I told her
             D      G
She shouted back at me


[Chorus]
                 C                       G
Said that'll be cash, on the barrelhead, hun
               D
Not part, not half
                G
But the entire sum
          C
No money down
           G
No credit line
                       D
Because a little boy tells me
                      G
You're the traveling kind


[Verse 3]
                   G
Thirty days in the jailhouse

Four days on the road

I was feeling mighty hungry
D                G
My feet, a heavy load
                  G
I saw a Greyhound coming

Stuck out my thumb 

As soon as I was seated 
D                    G
The driver caught my arm


[Chorus]
                  C                      G
Said that'll be cash on the barrelhead, hun
      D                          G
This old grey dog, gets paid to run
                  C
When the engine starts
                     G
And the wheels will roll
                       D
Give me cash on the barrelhead
                    G
I take ya down the road
                    D
Ohh, cash on the barrelhead
                      G   C  G
I take you down the road