• Song:

    5 Oclock Somewhere

  • Artist:

    Alan Jackson

INTRO:  D  G  A7  D


VERSE 1 
    D              A7                D                 A7      (A2  A)
The sun is hot and that old clock is mo-vin' slow, and so am I
    D               A7               Bm               A7     (A2 A)
The work day passes like molasses in winter-time, but it's Ju-ly
       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    (No Chord)      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 after-noon, and half the night
   D                A7               Bm                   A7        (A2 A)
To-morrow mornin' I know there'll be hell to pay, hey but that's al-right
      G                        D           A7                                   D
Ain't had a day off now In over a year, my Jamaican vacations-gonna start right here
       G                       D                          A7
If the phone's for me, you can tell them I've just sailed away


CHORUS
Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care, It's 5 o'clock, somewhere
 
SOLO

VERSE 3 
        Bm                      Bm7/A           G          A           D
I could pay off my tab, Pour my-self in cab and be back to work before two
     Bm                 Bm/A                  Em                       A7
At a moment like this I can't help but wonder what would Jimmy Buffett do


CHORUS (2x)


CHORD CHART
    D  A7  A  A2  Bm  G  Em Bm7/A
e|--2--0---0---0--1---3---0---2-------|
B|--3--2---2---0--2---3---0---3-------|
G|--2--0---2---2--3---0---0---2-------|
D|--0--2---2---2--3---0---2---4-------|
A|-(0)-0---0---0--2---2---2---0-------|
E|--------------------3---0-----------|
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