Everythings Okay

  G                            C
I went to the country just the other
 day
   D7                          G
To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass 
the time away
I asked him how he'd been, since 
C
last I'd passed his way
   D7                      G
He rubbed his chin, here's what he 
had to say

    G                     C
"My wife's been sick, the young'ns 
too
    D7                 G
And I'm durn near down with the flu
                             C
The cow's gone dry, and them hens 
won't lay
     D7                      
But, we're still a-livin', so 
       G
EVER'-THING'S Okay.

    G                        
The hogs took the cholera and 
         C
they've all done died
    D7                      G
The bees got mad - and they left the
 hive
The weevils got the corn and the 
C
rain rotted the hay
      D7                       
But - we're still a-livin' - so 
      G
EVER'THING'S Okay.

    G                          C
The porch rotted down - that's more 
expense
    D7                        G
The durned old mule - he tore down 
the fence
                          C
The mortgage is due and - I can't 
pay
Continúa después del anuncio
      D7                       
But - we're still a-livin' - so 
      G
EVER'THING'S Okay.

    G                          C
The cow broke in the field and eat 
up the beans
    D7                         
The durn rabbits - they got the 
 G
turnip greens
                            C
And my Ma-in-law just moved in to 
stay
      D7                       
But - we're still a-livin' - so 
      G
EVER'THING'S Okay.

    G                  C
My land's so poor - so hard and 
"yeller"
    D7                      
You have to set on a sack of 
              G
fetilizer to raise an "umbreller"
                               C
And it rains out here - nearly ever'
 day
      D7                       
But - we're still a-livin' - so 
      G
EVER'THING'S Okay.

    G                             
The well's gone dry and I have to 
C
tote the water
D7                           G
Up from the spring - about a mile 
and a quarter
                             C
My helper, he quit - for the lack of
 pay
      D7                       
But - we're still a-livin' - so 
      G
EVER'THING'S Okay.

    G                   C
The house it leaks - it needs a new 
top
        D7                   G
When it rains - it wets ever'thing 
we got
The chimney fell down - just 
C
yesterday
      D7                       
But - we're still a-livin' - so 
      G
EVER'THING'S Okay.

    G                       C
The corn meals gone and the meat's 
run out
    D7                      G
Got nothin' to kill to put in the 
smokehouse
The preacher's comin' Sunday - to 
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spend the day
      D7                       
But - we're still a-livin' - so 
      G
EVER'THING'S Okay.

    G                            
The canned stuff's spoiled - else 
     C
the jar's got broke
    D7                      G
And all we got left is one old Billy
 goat
We're gonna have a new baby about 
    C
the first of May
      D7                       
But - we're still a-livin' - so 
      G
EVER'THING'S Okay.

   G                C
My crop it rotted - in the ground
  D7                            
I asked for another loan but the 
 G
banker turned me down
But - we're still a-livin' and we're
 C
 prayin' for better days
     D7                        
So - after all, ever'thing's in 
 G
purty good shape."