G                            C 
I went to the country just the other day 
   D7                          G 
To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away 
                                 C 
I asked him how he'd been, since 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                             G 
But, we're still a-livin', so EVER'-THING'S Okay. 

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

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

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

    G                             C 
The well's gone dry and I have to 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                             G 
But - we're still a-livin' - so 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 
                             C 
The chimney fell down - just yesterday 
      D7                             G 
But - we're still a-livin' - so 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 
                                  C 
The preacher's comin' Sunday - to spend the day 
      D7                             G 
But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. 
  
    G                                 C 
The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke 
    D7                      G 
And all we got left is one old Billy goat 
                                      C 
We're gonna have a new baby about the first of May 
      D7                             G 
But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. 

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