G                                                  D  
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.  
  
G                                                  D  
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.