Ray Charles

Busted(Chords)

Ray Charles

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My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm busted 
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Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, but I'm busted 
 
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I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay 
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A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day 
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The county's gonna haul my belongings away cause I'm busted. 
 
 
 
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I went to my brother to ask for a loan cause I was busted 
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I hate to beg like a dog without his bone, but I'm busted 
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My brother said there ain't a thing I can do, 
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My wife and my kids are all down with the flu, 
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And I was just thinking about calling on you 'cause I'm busted. 
 
 
 
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Well, I am no thief, but a man can go wrong when he's busted 
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The food that we canned last summer is gone and I'm busted 
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The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow, 
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Me and my family got to pack up and go, 
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But I'll make a living, just where I don't know cause I'm busted. 
 
I'm broke, no bread, I mean like nothing 
 
 
 
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Written by Harlan Howard/Rob Thomas

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