Willie Nelson – Busted (Guitar)

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As recorded by Willie Nelson (From the 2023 Album I DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT LOVE: THE SONGS OF HARLAN HOWARD) [Intro] C7 [Verse 1]

C7
My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes

        G7
And I'm busted

G7
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound

        C7
And I'm busted

C7
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay

  F7
A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day

        G7
And the county's gonna haul my belongings away

           C7
'Cause I'm busted

[Verse 2]

C7
I went to my brother to ask for a loan

              G7
'Cause I' was busted

G7
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone

        C7
But I'm busted

C7
My brother said "There ain't a thing I can do

   F7
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu

    G7
But I was just thinkin' about callin' on you

          C7
Cause I'm busted"

[Guitar Solo] C7 G7 C7 F7 G7 C7 [Verse 3]

C7
I ain't no thief, but a man can go wrong

          G7
When he's busted

G7
The food that we canned last summer is gone

           C7
And I'm busted

C7
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow

F7
Me and my family got to pack up and go

G7
Hell, I'll make a living, just where I don't know

           C7
'Cause I'm busted

[Outro]

C7
I'm busted, ain't got no money

C7
   Can only a quarter