It’s 5 o’clock somewhere     (video)

 

   D - G - A7 - D

 

              D                     A7                      D                      A

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

             D                      A7                       Bm                   A

    the work day passes like molasses in wintertime, but it's July.

                 G                               D 

    Gettin' paid by the hour, and older by the minute,

            A7                            D

    the boss just pushed me over the limit.

                    G                                D                            A

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

 

    D                           G

Pour me something tall and strong,

                  A7                        D

make it a Hurricane before I go insane.

       D                      G                         A   - A7   - - - - - - - -     D

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

 

+  D - G - A7 - D

 

                D                          A7                  D                       A

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

           D                   A7                         Bm                             A

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

              G                             D

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

                 A7                                    D

    my Jamaican vacation's gonna start right here.

                 G                                  D                                       A

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

 

    D                          G

Pour me something tall and strong,

                  A7                        D

make it a Hurricane before I go insane.

       D                      G                         A    - A7   - - - - - - - -     D

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

 

+  D - G - A7 - D (2x)

 

                 Bm                                 G

+  I could pay off my tab, pour myself in a cab,

                  A                               D

    and be back to work before two.

             Bm                         G

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

Em                                           A

    What would Jimmy Buffett do ?

 

    Funny, you should ask Alan !

 

                D                          G

I’d say, pour me something tall and strong,

                  A7                        D

make it a Hurricane before I go insane.

       D                      G                         A

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

 

    D                          G

Pour me something tall and strong,

                  A7                        D

make it a Hurricane before I go insane.

       D                      G                        A

It's only half past twelve, but I don't care, (He don’t care !)

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

 

+  D - G - A7 - D (6x with underlying conversation) ….

 

 

    (Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett)