| D | A7 | D | A7 | |
| The | sun is hot and | that old clock is | moving slow | And, so am I |
| D | A7 | Bm | |
| The | work day passes | like molasses, in | wintertime |
| A7 | D | |
| But, | it's J | uly |
| G | |
| Gettin | paid by the hour |
| D | |
| And | older by the minute |
| A7 | D | |
| Boss just pushed me | over the limit |
| G | |
| Like to | call him something |
| D | A7 | |
| Think I'll just call it a | day |
| D | G | |
| Pour me something | tall and strong |
| A7 | D | |
| Make it a | Hurricane before | I go insane |
| G | A7 | |
| It's only half past t | welve, but I don't | care |
| (No Chord) D |
| It's 5 o'clock, somewhere |
| D | G | A7 | D | D | A7 | D | A7 | |
| Well, | this lunch break is | gonna take all a | fternoon And | half the night |
| D | A7 | Bm | |
| To | morrow morning, | I know there'll be | hell to pay |
| A7 | D | |
| Hey but, | that's al | right |
| G | |
| Ain't | had a day off now |
| D | |
| In o | ver a year |
| A7 | |
| My | Jamaican vacation's |
| D | |
| Gonna | start right here |
| G | |
| If the | phone's for me |
| D | A7 | |
| You can | tell them I've just sailed a | way |
| D | G | |
| Pour me something | tall and strong |
| A7 | D | |
| Make it a | Hurricane before | I go insane |
| G | A7 | |
| It's only half past | twelve, but I don't | care |
| D | |
| It's 5 o'clock, | somewhere |
| Solo |
| Bm | |
| I could | pay off my tab |
| Bm/A | G | A | D | |
| Pour m | yself in cab and be | back to w | ork before | two |
| Bm | |
| At a | moment like this |
| Bm/A | |
| I | can't help but wonder |
| Em | A7 | |
| What would Jimmy Buffett | do |
| D | G | |
| I'd say - | Pour me something | tall and strong |
| A7 | D | |
| Make it a | Hurricane before | I go insane |
| G | A7 | |
| It's only half past | twelve, but I don't | care |
| D | G | |
| Pour me something | tall and strong |
| A7 | D | |
| Make it a | Hurricane before | I go insane |
| G | A7 | |
| It's only half past | twelve, but I don't | care |
| G | |
| N | o, I don't care |
| (No Chord) D |
| It's 5 o'clock, somewhere |
| (Fill in with 'nautical' antics and fade) |