Alan Jackson – Its Five Oclock Somewhere (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G A7 D [Verse 1]
    D              A7                D                A7      (A2  A)
The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow, and so am I

    D               A7               Bm              A7    (A2 A)
The work day passes like molasses in wintertime, but it's July

        G                     D                    A7                  D
Gettin' paid by the hour, and older by the minute, 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
[Chorus]
D                 G                          A7               D
Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane

                     G                  A7    N.C.            D
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care, it's 5 o'clock, somewhere
[Interlude] D G A7 D [Verse 2]
      D                   A7                  D         A7       A2  A
Well, this lunch break is gonna take all afternoon, and half the night

  D                A7               Bm                   A7       (A2 A)
Tomorrow mornin' I know there'll be hell to pay, hey but that's alright

      G                        D           A7                                    D
Ain't had a day off now in over a year, my Jamaican vacation's gonna start right here

       G                       D                          A7
If the phone's for me, you can tell them I've just sailed away
[Chorus]
D                 G                          A7               D
Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane

                     G                  A7                    D
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care, it's 5 o'clock, somewhere
[Interlude] D G A7 D x2 [Bridge]
        Bm                     G                  Em        A          D
I could pay off my tab, pour myself in cab and be back to work before two

        Bm               G                  Em                         A7
At a moment like this I can't help but wonder what would Jimmy Buffett do
[Chorus]
D                 G                          A7                 D
Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane

                     G                  A7   N.C.
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care

D                 G                          A7               D
Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane

                     G                  A7
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care, he don't care, and I don't care

N.C.            D
It's 5 o'clock, somewhere
[Outro] D G A D