Busted Chords by John Conlee

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_ _ My bills are all due and the babies [A] need shoes but I'm busted. _ _ _
_ _ _ Cotton is down to a quarter of a pound [D] and I'm busted. _ _ _
_ I got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay.
[Gb] [G] A big [Dm] stack of bills [G] that get bigger each day.
[A] The county's gonna haul my belongings away [D] cause [A] I'm busted.
I _ _ _ [D] called on my brother to ask for a loan cause I [A] was busted. _ _
_ _ _ I hate to beg like a dog for a bone [D] but I'm busted. _ _
_ _ _ My brother said there ain't a thing I can do.
[G] My wife and my kids are all down with the flu.
_ [A] I was just thinking about calling on you [D] cause I'm busted. _ _
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[Bm] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] Lord I'm no thief but a man can go wrong [Bbm] when [Bb] he's busted. _ _ _
_ _ _ The food that we can't last summer [Fm] is gone [Eb] we're busted. _ _
_ _ _ The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow.
[Gm] [Ab] Me and my family's gotta pack up and go.
[Bb] But I'll make a living [Bbm] just where I don't know cause [Bb] I'm busted. _ _
_ _ [C] I'm [Db] broke. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Busted. _ _
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