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Alan Jackson - Its Five Oclock Somewhere Chords

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Its Five Oclock Somewhere Chords

(ver. 1)
Alan Jackson
Intro 
D, G, A, D

                                             (2 beats A then 2 D-strum: D,U,D,U)
D                  A                 D             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 molasses 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

                                             (2 beats A then 2 D-strum: D,U,D,U)   
D                   A              D            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 that's alright
G                          D
Ain't had a day off now in over a year,
A                           D
My Jamaican vacation's gonna start right here
     G                       D                      A
If the phone's for me, you can tell them I just sailed away


Chorus:


Bridge:
D, G, A, D

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 moment like this,
  G 
I can't help but wonder,
 
 (hold)                  (hold)
Em                      A
what would Jimmy Buffet do?


Chorus: 2X or 10X - whatever...

Repeat D, G, A, D            
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