Five O'Clock World:The Vogues.
#1 on CHUM TOP 100 Canada and #4 on
BB Hot 100 on LONDON Records
in 1965.
INTRO: E D (x6)
E
Hey..hey..hey..hey..
#1.
E D E D
Up every mornin' 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 poundin' in my brain,
E D E E7
While another day goes down the drain. Yeah, yeah.
CHORUS:#1.
E7 A D A D
But 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 theres a five o'clock me inside my clothes,
A B B7
Thinkin' that the world looks fine, yeah.
(INTERLUDE:)
E
Hey..hey..hey
E D E D E D E
Oh..de..lay..ee..hee..hee..hee..hee..hee..yeah
#2.
E D E D
Tradin' my time for the pay I get,
E D E D
Livin' on money that I ain't made yet.
E D E D
Gotta keep goin' tryin' to make my way,
E D E E7
While I live for the end of the day.(Yeah, yeah.)
CHORUS:#2.
E7 A D A D
But 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 B B7
To ease my troubled mind, yeah.
(INTERLUDE:)
E
Hey..hey..hey
E D E D E D E
Oh..de..lay..ee..hee..hee..hee..hee..hee..yeah
#3.
E D E D
In the shelter of her arms everything's OK.
E D E D
She talks and the the world goes slippin' away.
E D E D
And I know the reason I can still go on,
E D E E7
When every other reason is gone, yeah, yeah.
CHORUS:#3.
E7 A D A D
In my five o'clock world she waits for me.
A D A D
Nothing else matters at all.
D A D A D
Cause every time my baby smiles at me,
A B B7
I know thats it's all worthwhile. Yeah.
OUTRO:
E D E D E D E D
Oh..de..lay..ee..hee..hee..hee..hee..hee..yeah..(x2)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
