Busted
Ray Charles, Johnny Cash
G
G D
My bills are all due and the babies need shoes but I'm busted
G
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound and I'm busted
G G
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay
C C
A big stack of bills that get bigger each day
D D
The county will haul my belongin's
G
away I'm busted.
G D
I went to my brother to ask for a loan I was busted
D D G
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I'm busted
D D
My brother said there ain't a thing I can do
C
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu
D D G
And I was just thinkin' of callin' on you I'm busted.
G G D
Lord I'm no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted
D D G
The food that we canned last summer is gone and I'm busted
G G
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow
C C
Me and my family gotta pack up and go
D D G
But I'll make a living, just where I don't know cause I'm busted.