Five O'clock World
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Five O'Clock World:The Vogues.
#4 in 1965.
INTRO:
D C D C D C D C
Oh..de..lay..ee..hee..hee..hee..hee..hee,yeah(x2)
#1.
D C D C
Up every mornin' just to keep a job,
D C D C
I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob.
D C D C
Sounds of the city poundin' in my brain,
D C D D7
While another day goes down the drain. Yeah, yeah.
Chorus:#1.
D7 G C G C
But it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows,
G C G C
No one owns a piece of my time.
G C G C
And theres a five o'clock me inside my clothes,
G A A7
Thinkin' that the world looks fine, yeah.
REPEAT INTRO:
#2.
D C D C
Tradin' my time for the pay I get,
D C D C
Livin' on money that I ain't made yet.
D C D C
Gotta keep goin' tryin' to make my way,
D C D D7
While I live for the end of the day.(Yeah, yeah.)
Chorus:#2.
D7 G C G C
But it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows,
G C G C
No one owns a piece of my time.
G C G C
And there's a long-haired girl who waits, I know,
G A A7
To ease my troubled mind, yeah.
REPEAT INTRO:
#3.
D C D C
In the shelter of her arms everything's OK.
D C D C
She talks and the the world goes slippin' away.
D C D C
And I know the reason I can still go on,
D C D D7
When every other reason is gone, yeah, yeah.
Chorus:#3.
#4.
D7 G C G C
In my five o'clock world she waits for me.
G C G C
Nothing else matters at all.
C G C G C
Cause every time my baby smiles at me,
G A A7
I know thats it's all worthwhile. Yeah.
REPEAT INTRO:
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
How to play Five O'clock World
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