Lirik dan Chord Lagu Zanzibar - Billy Joel

Lagu ini dirilis pada 1978 bersama delapan lagu lain yang menjadi bagian dalam album tersebut.

Album 52nd Street berhasil mendapat penghargaan dari Grammy untuk kategori Album of the Year pada 1979.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Zanzibar" dari Billy Joel.

Intro: G+ B7 E7
(Augmented run up: G B D# G B D# G

Am9                      F9
Ali dances and the audience applauds
                     Am9                                            Bbmaj7
Though he's bathed in sweat he hasn't lost his style
C                   F
Ali don't you go downtown
C                          Am                    Bm7-5 E7
You gave away another round for free Whoa...

Am9                          F9
Me, I'm just another face at Zanzibar
            Am9                                           Bbmaj7
But the waitress always serves a secret smile Whoa...
C                                 F
She's waiting out in Shantytown
E7                              Am                      Bm7-5 G      C
She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for    me

CHORUS
C G+/C (or Cmaj/min7) Cm7
    I've got the old man's car,
Fm9/C               Bb
I've got a jazz guitar
Ebmaj7            Abmaj7 Gm7 Fm7
I've got a tab at Zan -- zi -- bar
         F#m7-5 Gm7       Abmaj7   Ab7 D7      G+ B7 E
(Cos) To -- night that's where I'll be         I'll be

Am9                                    F9
Rose, he knows he's such a credit to the game,
            Am9                                            Bbmaj7
But the Yankees grab the headlines every time
C                    F
Melodrama's so much fun
C                                 Am             Bm7-5 E7
In black and white for everyone to see whoa
Am9                           F9
Me, I'm trying just to get to second base
            Am9                                  Bbmaj7
And I'd steal it if she only gave the sign whoa
C                                 F
She's gonna give the go ahead
E7                      Am            Bm7-5 G      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

Coda

G
C6/9 A6/9 Db9/F Bb9/D G9/B E9/G# Db9/F Em6 B/D#

Bm/D A/C# Am/C B7b9 E7b9

Solo:
Am9 F9  Am9 Bbmaj7