Busted Chords
Busted by Charley Pride is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A The bills are all due and my baby needs shoes
But I'm E7 busted
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound
But I'm A busted D A E7 ...
I got a A cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay
A D big stack of bills that get bigger each day
The E7 county's gonna haul my belongings away
I'm A busted. D A E7 ... A
I called brother Bill, thought I'd get me a loan
I was busted
Lord, I hate to beg like a dog for a bone
But I'm busted
But Bill said that "There ain't a thing I can do,
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu,
And I was just thinkin' about callin' on you,
I'm busted."
Now Lord, I'm no thief, but a man can go wrong
When he's busted
The food that we canned last summer is gone
I'm busted
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow
Me and my family's gotta pack up and go
Where I'll make a living, the Lord only, knows
I'm busted.
SOURCE: CHARLEY PRICE-COUNTRY CHARLEY PRIDE/1966 RCA LSP-3645