Five Oclock World Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

[acoustic guitar plays this riff through each verse; 2X solo at start]

E/G♯ D/A

[bass and drums enter]

  E [hey] D [hey] E [hey] D [hey]

Verse 1

  EUp every mDorning just to kEeep a jDob

  I gotta fEight my wDay through the hEustlin' mDob

  SEounds of the cDity poundin' Ein my bDrain

  While aEnother day gDoes down the dErain

Chorus 1

  But it's a fAive o'clock wDorld when the wAhistle bDlows

  ANoone owns a pDiece of my tAime D

  And there's a fAive o'clock Dme insAide my clDothes

  AThinkin' that the world looks fBine, yeah

  EAdalDadee-hEee, hDee, yEeah D E D

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]

  EAdalDadee-hEee, hDee, yEeah D E D

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers