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            Intro:
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      G                                                                            D7
My bills are all due and the babies need shoes, but I'm busted.
                                                                       G
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, and I'm busted.
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay;
   C
a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day.
         D7
The county will haul my belongings away. I'm
Interlude:
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busted.
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  G                                                                D7
I went to my brother to ask for a loan; I was busted.
                                                                   G
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone, but I'm busted.
My brother said, "There ain't a thing I can do.
      C       
My wife and my kids are all down with the flue,
        D7
and I was just thinkin' of callin' on you. I'm 
Interlude:
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busted."
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G                                                                                D7
Lord, I'm no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted.
                                                                                     G
The food that we canned last summer is gone, and I'm busted.
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow.
C
Me and my family gotta pack up and go.
           D7
Where I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows, but I'm
Interlude:
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busted.
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