Busted Chords by John Conlee

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