Its Five Oclock Somewhere - Alan Jackson


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Alan Jackson (feat. Jimmy Buffett) - It's Five O'clock Somewhere

|KEY:D Major/Ionian | 125BPM | Scroll Speed: 6.0 |

(Riffs can be played in Drop D or an Open D Tuning)

Loop Beat: |1  2  3  4 | 1  2  3  4 |
           |  .  S   |   .  S  . |


LOOP INTRO for Solo: RIFF D, G, A, D, D-RIFF

             
The sun is hot

             
 and tha-t old

             
 clock is movi

             
n slow. and so

              
 am I.
             
Workday pas-se

             
s li-ke molass

       
es in winterti

me.  
           
but it's Ju-ly
             
I'm getting pa

              
id by the hour

      
. and older by

 the minute.
             
My boss just p

          
ushed me o-ver

 the limit
             
I'd like to ca

              
ll him somethi

   
ng.
      D                         STOP AAAA SNARE   
But-I-think I'll just call it a day-ee-ay.

CHORUS:
             
Pour me someth

    
ing tall and s

trong
             
make it a hurr

              
icane before I

 
--  go insane.
             
It's only half

             
 past twe--lve

             
.
              A ..2..3..4..SNARE.
but I don't care.
              
It's five o'cl

                         
ock somewhere.

             
This lunch bre

             
ak is go-nna t

             
ake all aftern

         
oon.
    A.......2.......D.....4
and half-the-night.
             
To-morrow morn

             
in' I know the

            
re'll be hell 

              
to pay. but ba

            
by that's al-r

ight.
             
I-Ain't had a 

              
day off now. i

  
n over a year,
             
my Jamaican va

              
cation's gonna

 
 start right h

ere.
             
if the phone's

                  
 for me 
        D                     STOP AAAA SNARE 
you can tell em I just sailed away.

CHORUS:
             
N' Pour me som

       
ething tall an

d strong
          A                  D            PLAY TRACK 2
make it a hurricane before I-- go insane.
     D                 G                  A PLAY TRACK 2
It's only half past twe--lve. but I don't care.
                  D ...       PLAY TRACK 2   
It's five o'clock somewhere.  PLAY TRACK 2

SOLO:
.. G,   A,   D,   D,   G,   A,   D

BRIDGE:
             
Well I could p


ay off my tab
         
pour my-self i

n a cab
            
and be back to

            
 work before t

wo.
     
At a moment li

ke this.
  G                      STOP.
I can't help but wonder.
 ...........
  What would J

..           
immy Buffet  d

..............
o?            

(Funny you should ask Alan)

CHORUS:
         
I'd say, Pour 

             
me something t

all and strong
             
make it a hurr

              
icane before I

 
 go insane.
             
It's only half

                   
 past 12.
               A  ..2..3..4..SNARE. (CROWD SING-A-ALONG)
but I don't care.
                 
CHORUS:
D.......               G
POUR..... me something tall and strong
             
make it a hurr

              
icane before I

 
-- go insane.
             
It's only half

             
 past twe-lve 

             
but I don't ca

      
re.
              A 2 3 4 STOP.
and I don't ca-re.
              
It's five o'cl

             
ock somewhere.

    
  
        
             
  What time zo

           
ne am on?     

What country a

m I in?
             
 It dudn't mat

              
ter, it's five

              
 a-clawk somew

  
here.
             
   It's always

              
 on five N' Ma

             
rgaritaville, 

              
come to think 

                          
of it 

  Yeah, I hear

d that.
                                                               
You been there haven't you?  
             
 Yessir.  

         
             
 I seen your b

oat there.   
              
I've been to M

              
argaritaville 

   
a few times.
              
All right, tha

     
t's good. 

Stumbled all the way back.
             
OK. Just wanna

              
 make sure you

              
 can keep it b

            
etween the nav

igational beac

ons.
             
 HAHAHAHhah.. 

              
Between the bu

              
oys, I tell yo

                                          
u.  
             
 All right. We

              
ll, it's five 

              
o'clock. Let's

    
 go somewhere.
              
I'm ready, cra

                                          
nk it up.  
 Let's get out of here. 
I'm gone......A.....D.

                   
                    (Fade Out)

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