Ray Charles – Busted (Guitar)

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[Intro] D D7 D D7 D D7 D D7 [Verse 1]
    D                                                   A      A7
My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes, and I'm Busted

                                              D      D7
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, but I'm Busted

         D                       D7                    G
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay, a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day

     A                        A7                       D      D7  D  D7
The county's gonna haul my belongings away, cause I'm Busted
[Verse 2]
   D                                                 A      A7
I went to my brother to ask for a loan, cause I was Busted

                                                     D      D7
I hate to beg, like a dog without his bone, but I'm Busted

     D                            D7                G
My brother said, 'There ain't a thing I can do, my wife and my kids are all down with the flu

    A                          A7                        D      D7  D  D7
And I was just thinking about calling on you, cause I'm Busted
[Verse 3]
      D                                                A      A7
Well, I am no thief, but a man can go wrong when he's Busted

                                                      D      D7
The food that we canned last summer is gone, and I'm Busted

      D                          D7                G
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow, me and my family got to pack up and go

     A                        A7                            D      D7
But I'll make a living, just where I don't know, cause I'm Busted
[Coda]
     D      D7       D      D7               D        D7      D      D7
I'm broke,      no bread,       I mean like nothing,      forget it