Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back) chords by Harry Belafonte

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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It was
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a Zombie Jamboree
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Took place in a New York cemetery
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It was a Zombie Jamboree
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Took place in a  New York
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cemetery

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Verse 2

Zombies from all parts of the island

Some of them was a great

Calypsonians

Although the season was Carnival

We get together in bacchanal

And they're singing

Back to back,

Verse 3
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belly to belly
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I don't give a damn,
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I done dead already
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Oh-ho, back back to back, belly to belly
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At the Zombie Jamboree
I hear you talking
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Back to back, belly to belly
Don't give a damn,
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done dead already
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Oh-ho, back back to back, belly to belly
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At the Zombie Jamboree
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One female

Verse 4
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zombie wouldn't behave
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See how she jumping out of the grave
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In one hand a quarter rum
The other hand,
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she knocking conga drum
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The lead singer start to make
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his rhyme
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The zombies are rattling
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their bones in time
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One bystander had this to say
"Was a pleasure to see
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the zombie break away"
And they're singing
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Back to back,

Verse 5
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belly to belly
Don't give a damn,
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done dead already
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Oh-ho, back back to back, belly to belly
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At the Zombie Jamboree
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Interlude 1

Verse 6
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goin' talk to Brigitte Bardot
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I tell her, "Miss Bardot,take it slow"
All the men think they're Casanova
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When they see that she's
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bare foot all over
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Even old men out into Topeka
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Find their hearts getting
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weaker and  weaker
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So I goin' ask her for your sake and mine
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At least wear her earrings part at the time
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And I'm singing

Verse 7
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Back to back, belly to belly
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Don't give a damn,
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done dead already
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Oh-ho back back to back, belly to belly
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At the Zombie Jamboree
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C 

Interlude 2

Verse 8
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A lot of world
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leaders  talkin' 'bout war
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And I'm afraid they're going too far
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So it's up to us, you and me
To put an end to catastrophe
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We must appeal to their goodness of heart
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And ask them to pitch in and
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please do their part
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'Cause if this atomic war begin
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They won't even have a part to pitch in
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And we'll be singing

Verse 9
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D 
Back to back, belly to belly
Don't give a damn,
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done dead already
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G 
Oh-ho, back back to back, belly to belly
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G 
At the Zombie Jamboree
I hear you talking
C 
G 
D 
Back to back, belly to belly
Don't give a damn,
G 
done dead already
C 
G 
Oh-ho, back back to back, belly to belly
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At the Zombie,
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G 
C 
Zombie Jamboree
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