Cash on the Barrelhead by The Louvin Brothers
Capitol Records 1962  2013 Light in the Attic
The Louvin Brothers - Handpicked Songs 1955-1962
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Music and Lyrics by: Ira and Charlie Louvin
Capo: 3
Key:  F


[Intro--Mandolin]
      
      


[Verse 1]

Got in a littl

e trouble at t

he county seat
             
Lord, they put

              
 me in the jai

              
l house for lo

      
afing on the s

treet

When the judge

 heard the ver

dict I was a g

uilty man
             
He said forty-

              
five dollars o

             
r thirty days 

       
in the can


[Chorus 1]
             
He said, that'

             
ll be cash on 

              
the barrelhead

  
, son
             
You can take y

             
our choice you

            
're twenty-one
            
No money down,

           
 no credit pla

n
            
No time to cha

              
se you cause I

          
'm a busy man


[Instrumental--Mandolin, Electric Guitar]
   
   
   
   
   


[Verse 2]

Found a teleph

one number on 

a laundry slip
             
I had a good h

              
earted jailer 

       
with a six gun

 hip

He let me call

 long distance

, she said num

ber please
             
And no sooner 

              
than I told he

             
r, she shouted

        
 out at me


[Chorus 2]
            
That'll be cas

              
h on the barre

      
lhead son
            
Not part not h

              
alf but the en

     
tire sum
             
No money down,

           
 no credit pla

n
             
Cause a little

             
 bird told me,

              
 you're a trav

       
ellin' man


[Instrumental--Mandolin]
    
    
    
    


[Verse 3]

Thirty days in

 the jailhouse

, four days on

 the road
             
I was feeling 

              
mighty hungry 

             
my feet a heav

  
y load

Saw a Greyhoun

d coming stuck

 up my thumb

Just as I was 

being seated, 

the driver cau

ght my arm


[Chorus 3]
             
Said that'll b

              
e cash on the 

          
barrelhead son
             
This old gray 

             
dog gets paid 

   
to run
             
When the engin

             
e starts, Lord

              
, the wheels w

     
on't roll
             
Give me cash o

             
n the barrelhe

              
ad, I'll take 

             
you down the r

oad  (falsetto

)