Key: D
Introduction: D G A D
D G D A D
The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow and so am I
D G 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
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
D G 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 but baby 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
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
Bm
I could 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
Em A
What would Jimmy Buffett do?
(Funny you should ask, Alan)
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
D G A D
It' s five o' clock somewhere
D G A D
(repeat to fade)