Written by Harlan Howard
G D 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 D G C G D G C G D The county will haul my belongin's away I'm Busted. G D 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 D G C G D G C G D And I was just thinkin' of callin' on you I'm Busted. G D 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 D G C G D G C G D Where I'll make a livin' the Lord only knows but I'm Busted.