Charley Pride – Busted (Guitar)

A                                                    E7
The bills are all due and my baby need shoes but I'm busted

                                            A      D A E7
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted

A
I got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay

D
A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day

    E7                                      A      D A E7
The county will haul my belongings away I'm busted

A                                            E7
I called brother Bill to get me a loan I was busted

                                                A      D A E7
For I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I'm busted

A
But Bill said that there ain't a thing I can do

   D
My wife and my kids're all down with the flu

    E7                                        A      D A E7
And I was just thinking of calling on you I'm busted

A                                                      E7
Now Lord I'm no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted

                                            A          D A E7
The food that we canned last summer is gone I'm busted

    A
The fields're all bare and the cotton won't grow

D
Me and my family's got to pack up and go

    E7                                         A      D A E7
But I'll make a living the Lord only knows I'm busted