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Its Five Oclock Somewhere
Alan Jackson
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Alan Jackson/Jimmy Buffet - It's 5 o'clock somewhere
Standard Tuning
Tabbed by: Alan Dykes
Intro
D, G, A, D,
D A Bm A D
The sun is hot and that old clock is movin slow and so am I
D A Bm A D
Workday passes like molassas in wintertime but it's July
G D
I'm getting paid by the hour and over by the minute
A D
my boss just pushed me over the limit
G
I'd like to call him something
D A
I think I'll just call it a day
Chorus:
D G
Pour me something tall and strong
A D
make it a hurricane before I go insane
D G A
It's only half past 12 but I don't care
D G A D
It's five o'clock somewhere
D A Bm A D
This lunch break is gonna take all afternoon and half the night
D A Bm A D
Tomorrow mornin' I know there'll be hell to pay but baby that's alright
G D
Ain't had a day off now in over a year,
A D
my Jamacan vacation's gonna start right here
G D A
if the phone's for me, you can tell em I just sailed away
CHORUS
Bridge:
D, G, A, D
Bm
I can pay off my tab
G (barre)*
pour myself in a cab
A D
and be back to work before 2
Bm
At a momment like this,
G (barre)*
I can't help but wonder,
Em A
what would Jimmy Buffet do?
CHORUS 2X
Repeat D, G, A D talk to yourself if you want, until the end of song etc. . .
* I think it sounds better with barre chords, but regular G works too.