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