It’s five o’clock somewhere    (video)    (midi)

 

    C - F - G - C

 

              C                     G                        C

1. The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow, and so am I,

             C                       G                       Am                    G

    the work day passes like molasses in winter-time, but it's July.

                    F                               C

    Getting’ paid by the hour, and older by the minute,

       G                              C

    boss just pushed me over the limit.

                      F                              C                             G

    I'd like to call him somethin', I think I'll just call it a day.

 

    C                           F

Pour me something tall and strong,

                  G                         C

make it a hurricane before I go insane !

       C                      F                         G     - - - - - - - - -    C

It's only half past twelve, but I don't care, it's 5 o'clock, somewhere.

 

+  C - F - G - C

 

                C                          G                    C

2. Well, this lunch break is gonna take all afternoon, and half the night,

           C                   G                          Am                             G

    tomorrow mornin' I know there'll be hell to pay, hey, but that's alright.

               F                             C

    Ain't had a day off now in over a year,

                 G                                     C

    my Jamaican vacations-gonna start right here,

                  F                                 C                                       G

    if the phone's for me, you can tell them I've just sailed away.

 

    C                           F

Pour me something tall and strong,

                  G                         C

make it a hurricane before I go insane !

       C                      F                         G                           C

It's only half past twelve, but I don't care, it's 5 o'clock, somewhere.

 

+  C - F - G - C (2x)

 

                 Am                               F

+  I could pay off my tab, call myself a cab

                   G                             C

    and be back to work before two.

               Am                      F

    At a moment like this I can't help but wonder :

       Dm                                  G7

    What would Jimmy Buffett do ?

 

    C                           F

Pour me something tall and strong,

                  G                         C

make it a hurricane before I go insane !

       C                      F                         G

It's only half past twelve, but I don't care !

 

    C                           F

Pour me something tall and strong,

                  G                         C

make it a hurricane before I go insane !

       C                      F                         G    - G7

It's only half past twelve, but I don't care,

             G    - G7    - - - - - - - -     C

I don’t care,          it's 5 o'clock, somewhere.

 

+  C - F - G - C (6x) ….

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett)