Zanzibar

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Did we ever meet in Zanzibar, 
Em                    D
Two Caucasians at the town bazaar? 
Am              C       Em    D
Are you who you say you are?
Em                 D
Did you offer me a Dutch cigar? 
Em                        D
You must have thought you were so bourgeois. 
Am              C        Em   D
Are you who you say your are? 

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After all these years, you haven't changed at all 
    C       Am               D
But I can't say you look the same. 

Summer days are hot in Zanzibar 
And at night the sky is filled with stars. 
Listen. You can hear guitars. 

[Solo]
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Native people, skins as black as tar, 
Wear bright-coloured robes in Zanzibar.
They've never even heard of Ska! 
On a tour of limestone caves 
Did we see where traders kept their slaves? 
Was that how we spent the day? 

After all these years, you haven't changed at all 
But I can't say you look the same. 

I have never been to Zanzibar
I have always thought it was too far 
You're not who you say you are. 

Copyright EMI Music Publishing; reprinted with kind permission.

Transcribed by Scott Patterson

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