Busted Chords & Tabs

by Ray Charles

[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