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[Intro]
         

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h = hammer on, / = slide up, \ = slide down


[Verse 1]
             
The sun is hot

             
 and that old 

             
clock is movin

             
' slow and so 

   
am I
             
Workday passes

             
 like molasses

            
 in wintertime

         
 but it's July
             
I'm getting pa

              
id by the hour

     
 and older by 

the minute
             
My boss just p

         
ushed me over 

the limit
            
I'd like to ca

ll him somethi

ng
             
I think I'll j

              
ust call it a 


day

[Chorus]
             
Pour me someth

    
ing tall and s

trong
             
Make it a hurr

              
icane before I

 
 go insane
             
It's only half

             
 past 12 but I

       
 don't care
          
It's five o'cl

                   
ock somewhere

[Verse 2]
             
Well this lunc

             
h break is gon

             
na take all af

             
ternoon and ha

       
lf the night
             
Tomorrow morni

             
n' I know ther

            
e'll be hell t

              
o pay but baby

         
 that's alrigh

t
             
Ain't had a da

             
y off now in o

ver a year
             
My Jamaican va

              
cation's gonna

 
 start right h

ere
             
If the phone's

              
 for me you ca

             
n tell 'em I'v

              
e just sailed 

     
away

[Chorus]
             
And pour me so

        
mething tall a

nd strong
             
Make it a hurr

             
icane before I

 go insane
             
It's only half

             
 past 12 but I

       
 don't care
              
It's five o'cl

    
ock somewhere

[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
        
I could pay of

f my tab
        
pour myself in

 a cab
             
and be back to

             
 work before 2
     
At a moment li

ke this
   
I can't help b

ut wonder
            
   What would 

              
Jimmy Buffett 


do?
(Funny you should ask, Alan)

[Chorus]
             
I'd say pour m

            
e something ta

ll and strong
             
Make it a hurr

             
icane before I

 go insane
             
It's only half

             
 past 12 but I

       
 don't care

             
Pour me someth

    
ing tall and s

trong
             
Make it a hurr

             
icane before I

 go insane
             
It's only half

             
 past 12 but I

             
 don't care, I

       
 don't care
          
It's five o'cl

                   
ock somewhere

[Outro]
      

(repeat to fade)