5 O'clock Somewhere

	  		
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 



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 



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)