Busted Chords by Charley Pride

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[A] The bills are all due and my baby needs shoes [E] but I'm busted. _ _ _
Cotton is down to a quarter of a pound but [A] I'm busted.
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I [A] got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay.
[D] A big stack of bills that get bigger each day.
[E] The county's gonna haul my belongings away, [A] I'm busted.
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I [A] called Brother Bill, thought I'd get me a loan, [E] I was busted. _ _ _ _
Lord, I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but [A] I'm [D] busted.
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[Bm] [A] But Bill said that there ain't a thing I can do.
[D] My wife and my kids are all down with the flu.
[E] And I was just thinking of calling on you, [A] I'm [D] busted.
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[A] Now Lord, I'm no thief but a man can go wrong [E] when he's busted. _ _ _
The food that we can last summer is gone, [A] I'm [D] busted.
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[A] The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow.
[D] Me and my family's gotta back up and go.
[E] For I'll make a living, the Lord only knows, [A] I'm [D] busted.
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