[Intro]

[Verse 1]
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The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow and so am I
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Workday passes like molasses in wintertime but it's July
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I'm getting paid by the hour and older by the minute
  A                   D
My boss just pushed me over the limit
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I'd like to call him something
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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
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It's five o'clock somewhere

[Verse 2]
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Well this lunch break is gonna take all afternoon and half the night
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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
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If the phone's for me you can tell 'em I've just sailed away

[Chorus]
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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
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It's five o'clock somewhere

[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
       Bm
I could pay off my tab
      G
pour myself in a cab
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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]
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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]
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