Written by Theodore Gentry/Randy Owen/Ron Rogers
G F C G Just punched the clock and boy am I ready C G Walking out the door headin' home C D7 G C Itâ??s time to buckle up again in my rolling hunk of tin C Am D7 Its quittin' time the evening race is on G C G Its that 5 o'clock 500 and I run it every day G C Pick up trucks cars and buses all in my way D7 G C We've got Darryl we've got Dale Richard Mark Rusty and Jeff C Am D7 Well the boss just dropped a green we're on our way C D7 G It's that 5 o'clock 500 every day F C G Now Bubba's runnin' right on my bumper C G Pushin' me but there's nowhere to go C D7 G C Lane changin' left and right blowin' horns and blinkin' lights Am D7 Boy the fast lane has never been so slow G C G Its that 5 o'clock 500 and I run it every day G C Pick up trucks cars and buses all in my way C D7 G C We've got Darryl we've got Dale Richard Mark Rusty and Jeff C Am D7 Well the boss just dropped a green we're on our way C D7 G It's that 5 o'clock 500 every day F C G Well the caution is out we're at a standstill C G Heard there's construction up ahead C D7 G C Won't be long so they say soon we'll all be on our way C Am D7 Some trucker on the CB just said G C G Itâ??s that 5 o'clock 500 and I run it every day G C Pick up trucks cars and buses all in my way C D7 G C We've got Darryl we've got Dale Richard Mark Rusty and Jeff C Am D7 Well the boss just dropped a green we're on our way C D7 It's that 5 o'clock 500 C D7 C D7 G Five o'clock 500 five o'clock 500 every day A# C G Every day every day every day