G5                                                  D5 
My bills are all do and the babies need shoes but I'm Busted 
                                            G5 
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound and I'm Busted 

I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won'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's away I'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'm Busted 

My brother said there ain'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' of callin' on you I'm Busted. 
 

G5                                                  D5 
Lord I'm no theif but a man can go wrong when he's Busted 
                                                    G5 
The food that we canned last summer is gone and I'm Busted 

The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow 
C5 
Me and my family gotta pack up and go 
      D5                                              G5    C5 G5 D5 G5 C5 G5 D5 
Where I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows but I'm Busted.