Busted:Ray Charles.
#4 in 1963.
(Capo 1st fret.)
#1.
D A A7
My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes, and I'm busted.
A D
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, but I'm busted.
D D7
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay,
G
a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day..
A D
The county's gonna haul my belongings away, cause I'm busted.
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#2.
D A A7
I went to my brother to ask for a loan, cause I was busted.
A D
I hate to beg, like a dog without his bone, but I'm busted.
D
My brother said, 'There ain't a thing I can do,
G
my wife and my kids are all down with the flu,
A D
and I was just thinking about calling on you, cause I'm busted.'
#3.
D A A7
Well, I am no thief, but a man can go wrong, when he's busted.
A D
The food that we canned last summer is gone, and I'm busted.
D D7
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow,
G
me and my family got to pack up and go,
A D
but I'll make a living, just where I don't know, cause I'm busted.
OUTRO:
D
I'm broke, no bread, I mean like nothing...(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
