INTRO: D5 G5 A5 D5 G5 My bills are due and the baby need shoes and a i'm busted A5 D5 cotton is down to quarter a pound but i,m busted D5 D5 I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay G5 A big stack bills that bigger each day A5 D5 The county gonna haul my belongings away cause i'm busted D5 G5 I went to my brother to ask for a loan cause i?m busted A5 D5 I hate to beg like a dog without his bone but i?m busted D5 My brother said there a'int a thing i can do G5 My wife wife and kids are down with the flu A5 D5 and i was just thinking about calling in you cause i?m busted D5 D5 G5 Well, i am no thief but a man can wrong when he's busted A5 D5 The food that we canned last summer is gone and i?m busted D5 The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow G5 Me and my family got to pack up and go A5 But i'll make a living just where i don't know D5 Cause i'm busted i'm broke ,no bread,i mean like nothing