Its Five Oclock Somewhere Chords & Tabs

by Alan Jackson

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Whole Song:
BPM: 125
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 202, 1, 101]
G*  355433

[Intro]
D   G   A   D
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------5/7\5-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0-------------6-6-6\4-4-4-4\2-------------|
D|----/4-4-4---2-0-----0---------------7-7-7\5-5-5-5\4---4---------|
A|-----------------0h2---------------0-------------------5---------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------5---------|
h = hammer on, / = slide up, \ = slide down

[Verse 1]
    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 older 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
N.C.              D         G   A   D
It's five o'clock somewhere

[Verse 2]
      D                    A               D            A           D
Well, 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, hey, 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 'em I've just sailed away

[Chorus]
    D                 G              
And 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        
It's five o'clock somewhere

[Instrumental]
(D)  G   A   D
D   G   A   D

[Bridge]
        Bm            
I could pay off my tab
G*
pour myself in a cab
       Em         A        D
and be back to work before 2
     Bm              
At a moment like this
G*
I can't help but wonder
Em                       A  
What would Jimmy Buffett do?
(Funny you should ask, Alan)

[Chorus]
        D                 G              
I'd say 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              
Pour me something tall and strong
          A                D          
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
     D              G              A             A7  
It's only half past 12 but I don't care, I don't care
N.C.              D         G   A   D
It's five o'clock somewhere

[Outro]
D  G  A  D
(repeat to fade)