Busted Chords by Johnny Cash

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My bills are all due and the babies need shoes but [D] I'm busted. _ _
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_ _ Cotton is down to a quarter of a pound [G] and I'm busted. _ _
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I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay.
[C] A [G] big stack of [C] bills that get bigger each day.
[D] The county will haul my belongings _ away. [G] I'm busted.
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[G] I went to my brother to ask for a loan.
[D] I was busted. _ _
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_ I hate to beg like a dog for a bone [G] but I'm busted. _ _
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My brother said there ain't a thing I can do.
[C] My wife and my kids are all down with the flu.
_ [D] And I was just thinking of calling on you. [G] I'm busted.
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_ [G] Lord I'm no thief but a man can go wrong [D] when he's busted. _ _ _
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The food that we canned last summer is gone and [G] I'm busted. _ _ _
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The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow.
_ [C] Me and my family gotta pack up and go.
[D] Where I'll make a living the Lord only knows.
But [G] I'm busted.
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