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Busted

Artist Name
Ray Charles
I don't know what key Ray did it in. I like C.

   C                                                  G7
My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm busted
                                             C
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, but I'm busted
                                C7
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay
  F                            Fm (maybe)
A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day
     G7                                              C
The county's gonna haul my belongings away cause I'm busted.

I went to my brother to ask for a loan cause I was busted
I hate to beg like a dog without his bone, but I'm busted
My brother said there ain't a thing I can do,
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu,
And I was just thinking about calling on you 'cause I'm busted.

Well, I am no thief, but a man can go wrong when he's busted
The food that we canned last summer is gone and I'm busted
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow,
Me and my family got to pack up and go,
But I'll make a living, just where I don't know cause I'm busted.

I'm broke, no bread, I mean like nothing,