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Version 1[Intro] D D7 D D7 D D7 D D7 [Verse 1] D A A7 My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes, and I'm Busted D D7 Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, but I'm Busted D D7 G I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day A A7 D D7 D D7 The county's gonna haul my belongings away, cause I'm Busted [Verse 2] D A A7 I went to my brother to ask for a loan, cause I was Busted D D7 I hate to beg, like a dog without his bone, but I'm Busted D D7 G My brother said, 'There ain't a thing I can do, my wife and my kids are all down with the flu A A7 D D7 D D7 And I was just thinking about calling on you, cause I'm Busted [Verse 3] D A A7 Well, I am no thief, but a man can go wrong when he's Busted D D7 The food that we canned last summer is gone, and I'm Busted D D7 G The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow, me and my family got to pack up and go A A7 D D7 But I'll make a living, just where I don't know, cause I'm Busted [Coda] D D7 D D7 D D7 D D7 I'm broke, no bread, I mean like nothing, forget it