INTRO: D7 G7 A6

D7                                       G                
My bills are due and the baby need shoes and a i'm busted 
A7                                 D7            
cotton is down to quarter a pound  but i,m busted 
D            D7                                      
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay 
G7
A big stack bills that bigger each day
A7                                       D7    
The county gonna haul my belongings away cause i'm busted


D7                                      G     
I went to my brother to ask for a loan cause i?m busted
A7                                        D7            
I hate to beg like a dog without his bone but i?m busted
D7
My brother said there a'int a thing i can do 
G7
My wife wife and kids are down with the flu 
A7                                                 D7
and i was just thinking about calling in you cause i?m busted


D     D7                                      G7
Well, i am no thief but a man can wrong when he's busted
A7                                              D7         
The food that we canned last summer is gone and i?m busted
D
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow 
G7
Me and my family got to pack up and go 
A7
But i'll make a living just where i don't know
D7
Cause i'm busted 

i'm broke ,no bread,i mean like nothing