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The bills are all due and my baby need shoes but I'm busted
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Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted
A
I got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay
D
A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day
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The county will haul my belongings away I'm busted
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I called brother Bill to get me a loan I was busted
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For I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I'm busted
A
But Bill said that there ain't a thing I can do
   D
My wife and my kids're all down with the flu
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And I was just thinking of calling on you I'm busted

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Now Lord I'm no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted
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The food that we canned last summer is gone I'm busted
    A
The fields're all bare and the cotton won't grow
D
Me and my family's got to pack up and go
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But I'll make a living the Lord only knows I'm busted