Busted

busted : ray charles . #4 in 1963 . ( capo 1st fret . ) #1 . D A A7 my bills are all due and the baby needs shoes , and i’m busted . A D cotton is down to a quarter a pound , but i’m busted . D D7 i got a cow that went dry and a hen that won’t lay , G a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day . . A D the county’s gonna haul my belongings away , cause i’m busted . #2 . D A A7 i went to my brother to ask for a loan , cause i was busted . A D i hate to beg , like a dog without his bone , but i’m busted . D my brother said , ’there ain’t a thing i can do , G my wife and my kids are all down with the flu , A D and i was just thinking about calling on you , cause i’m busted . ’ #3 . D A A7 well , i Am no thief , but a man can go wrong , when he’s busted . A D the food that we canned last summer is gone , and i’m busted . D D7 the fields are all bare and the cotton won’t grow , G me and my family got to pack up and go , A D but i’ll make a living , just where i don’t know , cause i’m busted . Outro : D i’m broke , no bread , i mean like nothing . . . ( fade . ) a sixties smash from kraziekhat .