Busted
Harlan Howard, 1962· Songs Well-Known in America · p.45
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.
(G)
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 G
The county will haul my belongings away. I'm busted.
G D7
I went to my brother to ask for a loan; I was busted.
(D7) G
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone, but I'm busted.
(G)
My brother said, "There ain't a thing I can do.
C
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu,
D7 G
and I was just thinkin' of callin' on you. I'm busted.
Interlude: | G | C | G | D7 |
G D7
Lord, I'm no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted.
(D7) G
The food that we canned last summer is gone, and I'm busted.
(G)
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow.
C
Me and my family gotta pack up and go.
D7 G
Where I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows, but I'm busted.