Alan Jackson – Its Five Oclock Somewhere (Ukulele)

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[Intro] D G A D [Verse]
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
[Verse]
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]
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
[Interlude] D G A D [Verse]
Bm
I can pay off my tab

       G
pour myself in a cab

       A                   D
and be back to work before 2

Bm
At a momment like this,

  G
I can't help but wonder,

Em                      A
what would Jimmy Buffet do?
[Chorus] (x2)
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
[Outro] D G A D