It’s five o’clock somewhere
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1. The sun is hot and that old clock is movin'
slow, and so am I,
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the
work day passes like molasses in winter-time, but it's July.
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Getting’ paid by the hour, and
older by the minute,
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boss
just pushed me over the limit.
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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
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It's only half past
twelve, but I don't care, it's 5 o'clock, somewhere.
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2. Well, this lunch break is gonna take all
afternoon, and half the night,
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tomorrow
mornin' I know there'll be hell to pay, hey, but
that's alright.
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Ain't
had a day off now in over a year,
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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.
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Am
F
+ I could pay off my
tab, call myself a cab
G C
and
be back to work before two.
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At a moment like this I can't
help but wonder :
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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 !
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It's only half past twelve, but I don't care,
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I don’t care, it's 5 o'clock, somewhere.
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(6x) ….
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Alan Jackson
& Jimmy Buffett)