Apeman Chords by The Kinks
Tempo:
74.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] I think I'm sophisticated because I'm living my [E] life like a good homo sapien.
[Em] [A] But all around me everybody's [E] multiplying and they're walking around like wise men.
[D] So I'm no better than the animals [A] sitting in the cages in the zoo man.
Because compared to the flowers and the birds and [E] the trees, I am [A] an ape man.
I'm so educated and I'm so [E] civilized because I'm a strict vegetarian.
[A] They don't go to the kitchen and the kitchen is [E] not the kitchen of the pretty politicians.
[D] I don't feel safe in this world no [A] more.
I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I wanna sail away to a distant [E] shore and live like [A] an ape [B] man.
[A] I'm a good ape [E] man.
[A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I'm a good ape man.
[D] Compared to the sun that sits in the [A] sky, compared to the clouds that say goodbye,
compared to the bugs and the spiders and [E] flies, I am [A] an ape man.
[D] In [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] man's evolution he's [E] created the city and the motor traffic lumber.
[A] But give me half a chance and I'd [E] be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle.
[D] Because the only time that I feel at [A] ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.
Oh what a life of luxury [E] to be like [A] an ape man.
I'm an ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
[D] I look out the window but I can't see the [A] sky.
The evolution is a-pumping up my eyes.
I wanna get out of this city and [E] live and live like an [A] ape man.
[D] [A] [E]
[A] Come [E] on and look at my [A] brother [E] and we'd be so happy [A] if an ape man was.
[E] [D] [C#] [A] I'm an ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] [D] I'll be your task and you'll be my [A] chain.
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me safe.
You'll sit in your tree to meet me and I'm a good [E] ape [A] just like an ape man.
I'm an ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I [D] hope you say this word, you're a [A] liar.
Long for the die and the new be a war.
I wanna sail away to a distant [E] shore and live [A] like an ape man.
[D] [A] [E] [A]
[Em] [A] But all around me everybody's [E] multiplying and they're walking around like wise men.
[D] So I'm no better than the animals [A] sitting in the cages in the zoo man.
Because compared to the flowers and the birds and [E] the trees, I am [A] an ape man.
I'm so educated and I'm so [E] civilized because I'm a strict vegetarian.
[A] They don't go to the kitchen and the kitchen is [E] not the kitchen of the pretty politicians.
[D] I don't feel safe in this world no [A] more.
I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I wanna sail away to a distant [E] shore and live like [A] an ape [B] man.
[A] I'm a good ape [E] man.
[A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I'm a good ape man.
[D] Compared to the sun that sits in the [A] sky, compared to the clouds that say goodbye,
compared to the bugs and the spiders and [E] flies, I am [A] an ape man.
[D] In [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] man's evolution he's [E] created the city and the motor traffic lumber.
[A] But give me half a chance and I'd [E] be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle.
[D] Because the only time that I feel at [A] ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.
Oh what a life of luxury [E] to be like [A] an ape man.
I'm an ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
[D] I look out the window but I can't see the [A] sky.
The evolution is a-pumping up my eyes.
I wanna get out of this city and [E] live and live like an [A] ape man.
[D] [A] [E]
[A] Come [E] on and look at my [A] brother [E] and we'd be so happy [A] if an ape man was.
[E] [D] [C#] [A] I'm an ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] [D] I'll be your task and you'll be my [A] chain.
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me safe.
You'll sit in your tree to meet me and I'm a good [E] ape [A] just like an ape man.
I'm an ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I [D] hope you say this word, you're a [A] liar.
Long for the die and the new be a war.
I wanna sail away to a distant [E] shore and live [A] like an ape man.
[D] [A] [E] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
Em
B
A
E
D
[A] _ _ I think I'm sophisticated because I'm living my [E] life like a good homo sapien.
[Em] [A] But all around me everybody's [E] multiplying and they're walking around like wise men.
_ [D] So I'm no better than the animals [A] sitting in the cages in the zoo man.
Because compared to the flowers and the birds and [E] the trees, I am [A] an ape man.
I'm so educated and I'm so [E] civilized because I'm a strict vegetarian.
_ [A] They don't go to the kitchen and the kitchen is [E] not the kitchen of the pretty politicians.
[D] I don't feel safe in this world no [A] more.
I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I wanna sail away to a distant [E] shore and live like [A] an ape [B] man.
[A] _ I'm a good ape [E] man.
_ _ _ [A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I'm a good ape man.
_ [D] Compared to the sun that sits in the [A] sky, compared to the clouds that say goodbye,
compared to the bugs and the spiders and [E] flies, I am [A] an ape man.
[D] In _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ man's evolution he's [E] created the city and the motor traffic lumber.
[A] But give me half a chance and I'd [E] be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle.
[D] Because the only time that I feel at [A] ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.
Oh what a life of luxury [E] to be like [A] an ape man.
_ I'm an ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
_ [A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
_ [D] I look out the window but I can't see the [A] sky.
The evolution is a-pumping up my eyes.
I wanna get out of this city and [E] live and live like an [A] ape man.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ Come [E] on and _ look at my [A] brother _ [E] and we'd be so happy [A] if an ape man was.
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [C#] _ [A] I'm an ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I'm an ape man.
_ [A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] I'll be your task and you'll be my [A] chain.
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me safe.
You'll sit in your tree to meet me and I'm a good [E] ape [A] just like an ape man.
I'm an ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
_ [A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I [D] hope you say this word, you're a [A] liar.
Long for the die and the new be a war.
I wanna sail away to a distant [E] shore and live [A] like an ape man.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] [A] But all around me everybody's [E] multiplying and they're walking around like wise men.
_ [D] So I'm no better than the animals [A] sitting in the cages in the zoo man.
Because compared to the flowers and the birds and [E] the trees, I am [A] an ape man.
I'm so educated and I'm so [E] civilized because I'm a strict vegetarian.
_ [A] They don't go to the kitchen and the kitchen is [E] not the kitchen of the pretty politicians.
[D] I don't feel safe in this world no [A] more.
I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I wanna sail away to a distant [E] shore and live like [A] an ape [B] man.
[A] _ I'm a good ape [E] man.
_ _ _ [A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I'm a good ape man.
_ [D] Compared to the sun that sits in the [A] sky, compared to the clouds that say goodbye,
compared to the bugs and the spiders and [E] flies, I am [A] an ape man.
[D] In _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ man's evolution he's [E] created the city and the motor traffic lumber.
[A] But give me half a chance and I'd [E] be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle.
[D] Because the only time that I feel at [A] ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.
Oh what a life of luxury [E] to be like [A] an ape man.
_ I'm an ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
_ [A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
_ [D] I look out the window but I can't see the [A] sky.
The evolution is a-pumping up my eyes.
I wanna get out of this city and [E] live and live like an [A] ape man.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ Come [E] on and _ look at my [A] brother _ [E] and we'd be so happy [A] if an ape man was.
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [C#] _ [A] I'm an ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I'm an ape man.
_ [A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] I'll be your task and you'll be my [A] chain.
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me safe.
You'll sit in your tree to meet me and I'm a good [E] ape [A] just like an ape man.
I'm an ape man.
I'm a good ape man.
[E] I'm an ape man.
_ [A] I'm a good ape man.
I'm a good ape [E] man.
I [D] hope you say this word, you're a [A] liar.
Long for the die and the new be a war.
I wanna sail away to a distant [E] shore and live [A] like an ape man.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _