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"FIVE O'CLOCK WORLD" by The Vogues www.vogues.com
1966 single
Written by Allen Reynolds
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
E D E D
Up every morning just to keep a job
E D E D
I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob
E D E D
Sounds of the city pounding in my brain
E D E
While another day goes down the drain, but...
A D A D
It's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows
A D A D
No one owns a piece of my time
A D A D
And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes
A B7
Thinking that the world looks fine yeah
E D E D E D E D
Oh my lady yeah
E D E D
Trading my time for the pay I get
E D E D
Living on money that I ain't made yet
E D E D
I've been going, trying to make my way
E D E
But I live for the end of the day, 'cause...
A D A D
It's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows
A D A D
No one owns a piece of my time
A D A D
And there's a long-haired girl who waits I know
A B7
To ease my troubled mind yeah
E D E D E D E D
Oh my lady yeah
E D E D
In the shelter of her arms everything's okay
E D E D
When she talks then the world goes slipping away
E D E D
And I know the reason I can still go on
E D E
When every other reason is gone
A D A D
In my five o'clock world she waits for me
A D A D
Nothing else matters at all
A D A D
'Cause every time my baby smiles at me
A B7
I know that's it's all worthwhile yeah
E D E D E D E D
Oh my lady, yeah
Transcribed 2026-08-01 by T-rev
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022100 E
xx0232 D
x02220 A
x21202 B7
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