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My bills are all do 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 get bigger each day 
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The county will haul my belongin's away I'm Busted. 
 

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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 flu 
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And I was just thinkin' of callin' on you I'm Busted. 
 

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Lord I'm no theif 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 
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Where I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows but I'm Busted.