Tom: D
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[Verse 1]
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Got in a little trouble at the county seat
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Lord, they put me in the jail house for loafing on the street
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When the judge heard the verdict I was a guilty man
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He said forty-five dollars or thirty days in the can
[Chorus 1]
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He said, that'll be cash on the barrelhead, son
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You can take your choice you're twenty-one
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No money down, no credit plan
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No time to chase you cause I'm a busy man
[Instrumental--Mandolin, Electric Guitar]
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[Verse 2]
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Found a telephone number on a laundry slip
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I had a good hearted jailer with a six gun hip
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He let me call long distance, she said number please
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And no sooner than I told her, she shouted out at me
[Chorus 2]
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That'll be cash on the barrelhead son
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Not part not half but the entire sum
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No money down, no credit plan
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Cause a little bird told me, you're a travellin' man
[Instrumental--Mandolin]
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[Verse 3]
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Thirty days in the jailhouse, four days on the road
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I was feeling mighty hungry my feet a heavy load
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Saw a Greyhound coming stuck up my thumb
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Just as I was being seated, the driver caught my arm
[Chorus 3]
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Said that'll be cash on the barrelhead son
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This old gray dog gets paid to run
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When the engine starts, Lord, the wheels won't roll
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Give me cash on the barrelhead, I'll take you down the road (falsetto)
