G5                                                  D5 
My bills are all do and the babies need shoes but I&#039;m Busted 
                                            G5 
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound and I&#039;m Busted 

I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won&#039;t lay 
  C5 
A big stack of bills that get bigger each day 
    D5                                       G5       C5 G5 D5 G5 C5 G5 D5  
The county will haul my belongin&#039;s away I&#039;m Busted. 
 

  G5                                          D5 
I went to my brother to ask for a loan I was Busted 
                                            G5 
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I&#039;m Busted 

My brother said there ain&#039;t a thing I can do 
   C5 
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu 
    D5                                         G5      C5 G5 D5 G5 C5 G5 D5 
And I was just thinkin&#039; of callin&#039; on you I&#039;m Busted. 
 

G5                                                  D5 
Lord I&#039;m no theif but a man can go wrong when he&#039;s Busted 
                                                    G5 
The food that we canned last summer is gone and I&#039;m Busted 

The fields are all bare and the cotton won&#039;t grow 
C5 
Me and my family gotta pack up and go 
      D5                                              G5    C5 G5 D5 G5 C5 G5 D5 
Where I&#039;ll make a livin&#039; the Lord only knows but I&#039;m Busted.