Busted Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G G G G

 My bilGls are all due and the babies need shoes, but I'm busted. D7

 Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, and I'm busted. G

I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay;

 a bCig stack of bills that gets bigger each day.

 The countD7y will haul my belongings away. I'm

Interlude

 bustedG. C G D7

G C G D7

 I Gwent to my brother to ask for a loan; I was busted. D7

 I hate to beg like a dog for a bone, but I'm busted. G

My brother said, "There ain't a thing I can do.

 My wifCe and my kids are all down with the flue,

 and I waD7s just thinkin' of callin' on you. I'm

Interlude

 bustedG." C G D7

G C G D7

GLord, I'm no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted. D7

 The food that we canned last summer is gone, and I'm busted. G

The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow.

CMe and my family gotta pack up and go.

 Where I'll D7make a livin' the Lord only knows, but I'm

Interlude

 bustedG. C G D7

 ||: G | C | G | D7 :|| Repeat and fade