Key: E major
Intro 1
C#
F#
C#
C#m
C#
F#
B
F#
G#m
B
C#
F#
B
F#
Verse 1
bills are all due,
and the baby needs shoes,
G#m
C#
Cotton is down to a quarter of a pound
I got a cow that went dry
I got a hen that won't lay
B
F#
A big stack of bills
G#m
B
is getting big ger each day
my belongings away
F#
C#sus4
F#
Cause I'm busted
C#
F#
Well, I went to my brother
to ask for a loan
C#
C#m
C#
Cause I'm bus ted
Oh, I hate to beg like a dog for a bone
C#
F#
C#
F#
Well, my brother says
there's not a thing I can do
B
F#
My wife and my kids,
G#m
B
they're all down with the flu
C#
G#m
C#
And I was just a -thinkin'
about callin' on you
F#
C#sus4
Because I'm busted
F#
C#
F#
B
F#
G#m
B
C#
F#
Well, now, I'm not a thief
But a man can go wrong
And, the food that we put up last summer
Well, the fields are all bare,
and the cotton won't grow
B
F#
And me and my family,
G#m
B
we gotta pack up and go
C#
G#m
But I'll make a living
C#
F#
just where I don't know I'm busted
I got a cow that went dry,
I got a hen that won't lay
B
F#
A big stack of bills
G#m
B
is getting bigger each day
my belongings away
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