Ray Charles - Busted

busted : ray charles .
#4 in 1963 .
( capo 1st fret . )

#1 .
D A A7
my bills are all due and the baby needs shoes , and i’m busted .
A D
cotton is down to a quarter a pound , but i’m busted .
D D7
i got a cow that went dry and a hen that won’t lay ,
G
a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day . .
A D
the county’s gonna haul my belongings away , cause i’m busted .

#2 .
D A A7
i went to my brother to ask for a loan , cause i was busted .
A D
i hate to beg , like a dog without his bone , but i’m busted .
D
my brother said , ’there ain’t a thing i can do ,
G
my wife and my kids are all down with the flu ,
A D
and i was just thinking about calling on you , cause i’m busted . ’

#3 .
D A A7
well , i Am no thief , but a man can go wrong , when he’s busted .
A D
the food that we canned last summer is gone , and i’m busted .
D D7
the fields are all bare and the cotton won’t grow ,
G
me and my family got to pack up and go ,
A D
but i’ll make a living , just where i don’t know , cause i’m busted .

outro :
D
i’m broke , no bread , i mean like nothing . . . ( fade . )

a sixties smash from kraziekhat .