Five O’ Clock World»
(Allen Reynolds)
Intro: [acoustic guitar plays this riff through each verse; 2X solo at start]
Capo IV
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[bass and drums enter]
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[hey] [hey] [hey] [hey]
Verse 1:
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Up every morning just to keep a job
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I gotta fight my way through the hustlin’ mob
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Sounds of the city poundin’ in my brain
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While another day goes down the drain
Chorus 1:
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But it’s a five o’clock world when the whistle blows
A D A D
Noone owns a piece of my time
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And there’s a five o’clock me inside my clothes
A B
Thinkin’ that the world looks fine, yeah
E D E D E D E D
Adaladee-hee, hee, yeah
Verse 2:
Tradin’ my time for the pay I get
Livin’ on money that I ain’t made yet
Gotta keep goin’, gotta make my way
But I live for the end of the day
Chorus 2:
But it’s a five o’clock world when the whistle blows
Noone owns a piece of my time
And there’s a long-haired girl who waits, I know
To ease my troubled mind, yeah
Adaladee-hee, hee, yeah
Verse 3:
In the shelter of her arms everythings OK
She talks and the world goes slippin’ away (it slips away)
And I know the reason I can still go on
When every other is gone
Chorus 3:
In my five o’clock world she waits for me
Nothing else matters at all
‘Cause every time my baby smiles at me
I know that its all worthwhile, yeah
Coda: [repeat to fade]
E D E D E D E D
Adaladee-hee, hee, yeah
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers