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Intro

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Ali dances and the audience applauds

 Though he's bathed in sweat he hasn't lost his style

 [c]

Ali don't you go downtown

 [c] -5

You gave away another round for free Whoa...

Me, I'm just another face at Zanzibar

 But the waitress always serves a secret smile Whoa...

 [c]

She's waiting out in Shantytown

-5 [c]

She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for me

Chorus

 [c] +/[c] (or /min7)

I've got the old man's car,

/[c]

I've got a jazz guitar

I've got a tab at Zan -- zi -- bar

  -5 +

Cos To -- night that's where I'll be I'll be

Rose, he knows he's such a credit to the game,

 But the Yankees grab the headlines every time

 [c]

Melodrama's so much fun

 [c] -5

In black and white for everyone to see whoa

Me, I'm trying just to get to second base

 And I'd steal it if she only gave the sign whoa

 [c]

She's gonna give the go ahead

-5 [c]

The inning isn't over yet for me, for me

Chorus

Tell the waitress I'll come back to Zanzibar

I'll be hiding in the darkness with my beer.

She's waiting out in Shantytown

She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for me

Chorus

Coda

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