Everything's Okay Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Williams
Everything's Okay
Written and Recorded by Hank Williams
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I went to the country just the
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other
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To
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see my Uncle Bill sorta pass the
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time
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I asked him how he'd been since at
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last I'd passed his way
He
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rubbed his chin and here's what he had to
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say
My wife's been sick and the
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young'ns
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I'm durn near down
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with the flu
The cow's gone dry and them
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hens won't lay
But we're
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still a livin' so everything's
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okay
The hogs took the cholera and they've all
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done
died
The
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bees got mad and they
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left the hive
The weevils got the corn and the
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rain rotted the hay
But we're
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still a livin' so everything's
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okay
The porch rotted down that's
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more
expense
The durned
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ol' mule he tore down the
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fence
The mortgage is due and
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I can't pay
But we're
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still a livin' so everything's
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okay
The cow broke in the field and ate
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up the beans
The durn
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rabbits they got the
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turnip
greens
And my ma-in-law just moved
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in to stay
But we're
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still a livin' so everything's
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okay
My land's so poor so
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hard and yeller
You
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have to sit on a sack of fertilizer to
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raise an umbrella
And it rains out here nearly every
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day
But we're
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still a livin' so everything's
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okay
The well's gone dry and I have to
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tote the water
Up
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from the spring about a
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mile and a quarter
My helper he quit for the
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lack of pay
But we're
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still a livin' so everything's
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okay
The house it leaks it
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needs a new top
When it
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rains it wets everything we
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got
The chimney fell down just
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yesterday
But we're
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still a livin' so everything's
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okay
The corn meal's gone and the
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meat's run out
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nothin' to kill to put in the
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smoke
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The preacher's comin' Sunday to
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spend the day
But we're
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still a livin' so everything's
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okay
The canned stuff's spoiled or
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else the jars got broke
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all we got left is one old
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Billy
goat
We're gonna have a new baby about the
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first of May
But we're
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still a livin' so everything's
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okay
My crop it rotted
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in the ground
I asked
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for another loan but the banker
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turned me down
But we're still a livin' and we're
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prayin' for better days
So
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after all everything's in purty good
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shape
FAQ
Who sang the the song Everything's Okay?
- The song Everything's Okay was sang by Hank Williams.
Who is Hank Williams?
- Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century, he recorded 35 singles (five released posthumously) that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, including 11 that reached No. 1 (three posthumously).
Born and raised in Alabama, Williams was given guitar lessons by African-American blues musician Rufus Payne in exchange for meals or money. Payne, along with Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb, had a major influence on Williams's later musical style. Williams began his music career in Montgomery in 1937, when producers at local radio station WSFA hired him to perform and host a 15-minute program. He formed the Drifting Cowboys backup band, which was managed by his mother, and dropped out of school to devote his time to his career. When several of his band members were drafted during World War II, he had trouble with their replacements, and WSFA terminated his contract because of his alcoholism.
Williams married singer Audrey Sheppard, who was his manager for nearly a decade. After recording "Never Again" and "Honky Tonkin'" with Sterling Records, he signed a contract with MGM Records. In 1947, he released "Move It on Over", which became a hit, and also joined the Louisiana Hayride radio program. One year later, he released a cover of "Lovesick Blues", which carried him into the mainstream. After an initial rejection, Williams joined the Grand Ole Opry. He was unable to read or notate music to any significant degree. Among the hits he wrote were "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Hey, Good Lookin'", and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry".
Years of back pain, alcoholism, and prescription drug abuse severely compromised Williams's health. In 1952, he divorced Sheppard and married singer Billie Jean Horton. He was dismissed by the Grand Ole Opry because of his unreliability and alcoholism. On New Year's Day 1953, he suffered from heart failure and died suddenly at the age of 29 in Oak Hill, West Virginia. Despite his relatively brief career, he is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century, especially in country music. Many artists have covered his songs and he has influenced Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones, George Strait, Charley Pride, and The Rolling Stones, among others. Williams was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. The Pulitzer Prize jury awarded him a posthumous special citation in 2010 for his "craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life".