Key: G
Introduction:
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My bills are all do and the babies need shoes but I'm Busted
G
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
C
A big stack of bills that get bigger each day
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The county will haul my belongin's away I'm Busted.
G D
I went to my brother to ask for a loan I was Busted
G
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
C
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu
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And I was just thinkin' of callin' on you I'm Busted.
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Lord I'm no theif but a man can go wrong when he's Busted
G
The food that we canned last summer is gone and I'm Busted
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow
C
Me and my family gotta pack up and go
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Where I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows but I'm Busted.