B _
G# _ _ _ _
N _ _ _ .
D _ _
C#m _ _
D _
A _ _ _ .
_ _ I think I'm sophisticated because I'm living my life
E 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
A sitting in the cages in the zoo, man.
But compared to the flowers and the birds and the
E trees, I am an
A ape, man.
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized
E because I'm a strict vegetarian.
A The grid of homo population and the depression and starvation
E and the greedy politicians.
_
D I don't feel safe in this world, no,
A God.
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.
B 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 Because compared to the sun that sits in the sky,
A compared to the clouds that say,.
Rodevi, compared to the bugs and the spiders and
E flies, I
A am an ape, man.
_
D _ _
A _ _ .
Bm _
E _
A _
E _
A In man's evolution,
E he's created the city and the motor traffic crumble.
A But give me half a chance and I'll be
E taking off my clothes and living in the jungle.
D Because the only time that I feel at ease
A is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.
Oh, what a life of luxury
E to be
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 look out the window, but I can't see the sky.
A The evolution 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,
A la, la, la.
Bm _ .
_
A Come
E on and love me.
Be my
A ape, man, girl.
E And we'll be so happy
A in my ape, man world.
_ _
E _
G _
C# _
G A 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'll be your towel 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
E day.
Just 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 don't feel safe in this world, no,
A boy.
I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I wanna sail away to a distant
E shore and make like an
A ape, man.
D La la la
A la la la la la la.
E _ _
A _ _ _ _