Chords for The Kinks - Apeman
Tempo:
75.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N]
[D] [C#m] [E] [A]
I think I'm sophisticated, cause I'm living my [E] life like a good homo sapien.
[A] But all around me everybody's multiplying [E] and they're walking around like flies, man.
[D] So I'm no better than the animals sitting [A] in their cages in the winter.
Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the [E] trees, [A] I am an ape.
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized [E] cause I'm a strict vegetarian.
[A] Live with the homo population and inflation and starvation [E] and the greedy 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 shore [E] and [A] make like an ape man.
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
[D] Cause compared to the sun that sits in the [A] sky, compared to the clouds that say rorify,
compared to the bugs and the spiders and [E] flies, I am an [A] ape man.
[D]
[E] [A] In man's evolution [E] he's created the city and the motor traffic [A] rumble.
But give me half a chance [E] and I'll be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle.
[D] Cause the only time that [D] I feel at [A] ease, 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, I'm an ape ape [E] man, no I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo [E] man, no I'm an ape man.
[D] I look out the window but I can't see the sky.
[A] The air pollution is a-fuckin' up my eyes.
I wanna get out of this city [E] alive and make like [A] an ape man.
[D] La la la la la la [E] la, [A] come [E] on and love me.
You're my [A] ape man girl, [E] and we'll be so happy, in my [A] ape man world.
[A] I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
[D] I'll be your towels and you'll be my jeans.
[A] I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane.
Sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, [E] just [A] like an ape man.
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, no [E] I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, no [E] I'm an ape man.
[D] I don't feel safe in this world no more.
[A] I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I wanna sail away to a distant shore, [E] and make [A] like an ape man.
[D] La la la la la la la
[A] [E] [N]
[D] [C#m] [E] [A]
I think I'm sophisticated, cause I'm living my [E] life like a good homo sapien.
[A] But all around me everybody's multiplying [E] and they're walking around like flies, man.
[D] So I'm no better than the animals sitting [A] in their cages in the winter.
Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the [E] trees, [A] I am an ape.
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized [E] cause I'm a strict vegetarian.
[A] Live with the homo population and inflation and starvation [E] and the greedy 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 shore [E] and [A] make like an ape man.
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
[D] Cause compared to the sun that sits in the [A] sky, compared to the clouds that say rorify,
compared to the bugs and the spiders and [E] flies, I am an [A] ape man.
[D]
[E] [A] In man's evolution [E] he's created the city and the motor traffic [A] rumble.
But give me half a chance [E] and I'll be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle.
[D] Cause the only time that [D] I feel at [A] ease, 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, I'm an ape ape [E] man, no I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo [E] man, no I'm an ape man.
[D] I look out the window but I can't see the sky.
[A] The air pollution is a-fuckin' up my eyes.
I wanna get out of this city [E] alive and make like [A] an ape man.
[D] La la la la la la [E] la, [A] come [E] on and love me.
You're my [A] ape man girl, [E] and we'll be so happy, in my [A] ape man world.
[A] I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
[D] I'll be your towels and you'll be my jeans.
[A] I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane.
Sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, [E] just [A] like an ape man.
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, no [E] I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, no [E] I'm an ape man.
[D] I don't feel safe in this world no more.
[A] I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I wanna sail away to a distant shore, [E] and make [A] like an ape man.
[D] La la la la la la la
[A] [E] [N]
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C#m
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C#m
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ I think I'm sophisticated, cause I'm living my [E] life like a good homo sapien.
_ [A] But all around me everybody's multiplying [E] and they're walking around like flies, man.
[D] So I'm no better than the animals sitting [A] in their cages in the winter.
_ Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the [E] trees, [A] I am an ape.
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized [E] cause I'm a strict vegetarian.
[A] Live with the homo population and inflation and starvation [E] and the greedy 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 shore [E] and [A] make like an ape man.
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
_ [A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
_ [D] Cause compared to the sun that sits in the [A] sky, compared to the clouds that say rorify,
compared to the bugs and the spiders and [E] flies, I am an [A] ape man.
[D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ In man's evolution [E] he's created the city and the motor traffic [A] rumble.
But give me half a chance [E] and I'll be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle.
[D] Cause the only time that [D] I feel at [A] ease, 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, I'm an ape ape [E] man, no I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo [E] man, no I'm an ape man.
_ [D] I look out the window but I can't see the sky.
[A] The air pollution is a-fuckin' up my eyes.
I wanna get out of this city [E] alive and make like [A] an ape man.
[D] La la la la la la [E] la, _ [A] come [E] on and love me.
You're my [A] ape man girl, [E] and we'll be so happy, in my [A] ape man world. _ _ _ _ _
[A] I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, [E] no I'm an ape man. _
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, [E] no I'm an ape man. _
[D] I'll be your towels and you'll be my jeans.
[A] I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane.
Sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, [E] just [A] like an ape man.
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, no [E] I'm an ape man. _
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, no [E] I'm an ape man. _
[D] I don't feel safe in this world no more.
[A] I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I wanna sail away to a distant shore, [E] and make [A] like an ape man.
[D] La la la la la la la
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ I think I'm sophisticated, cause I'm living my [E] life like a good homo sapien.
_ [A] But all around me everybody's multiplying [E] and they're walking around like flies, man.
[D] So I'm no better than the animals sitting [A] in their cages in the winter.
_ Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the [E] trees, [A] I am an ape.
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized [E] cause I'm a strict vegetarian.
[A] Live with the homo population and inflation and starvation [E] and the greedy 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 shore [E] and [A] make like an ape man.
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
_ [A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, [E] no I'm an ape man.
_ [D] Cause compared to the sun that sits in the [A] sky, compared to the clouds that say rorify,
compared to the bugs and the spiders and [E] flies, I am an [A] ape man.
[D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ In man's evolution [E] he's created the city and the motor traffic [A] rumble.
But give me half a chance [E] and I'll be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle.
[D] Cause the only time that [D] I feel at [A] ease, 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, I'm an ape ape [E] man, no I'm an ape man.
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo [E] man, no I'm an ape man.
_ [D] I look out the window but I can't see the sky.
[A] The air pollution is a-fuckin' up my eyes.
I wanna get out of this city [E] alive and make like [A] an ape man.
[D] La la la la la la [E] la, _ [A] come [E] on and love me.
You're my [A] ape man girl, [E] and we'll be so happy, in my [A] ape man world. _ _ _ _ _
[A] I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, [E] no I'm an ape man. _
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, [E] no I'm an ape man. _
[D] I'll be your towels and you'll be my jeans.
[A] I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane.
Sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, [E] just [A] like an ape man.
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, no [E] I'm an ape man. _
[A] I'm a king kong man, I'm a hoodoo man, no [E] I'm an ape man. _
[D] I don't feel safe in this world no more.
[A] I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I wanna sail away to a distant shore, [E] and make [A] like an ape man.
[D] La la la la la la la
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _