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Apeman Chords

Music by: The Kinks · 1970
Genre Rock Views 244
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[Intro 1]
[D][E][D][E][A]
[A]

[Verse 1]
I think I'm [A]sophisticated
'cause I'm living my life
Like a [E]good homo sapiens
But [A]all around me everybody's multiplying
And they're [E]walking round like flies man
So [D]I'm no better than the animals sitting
In the [A]cages in the zoo, man
'Cause compared to the flowers
and the birds and the trees
[E]I am an apem[A]an

[Verse 2]
I think I'm [A]so educated
and I'm so civilized
'Cause I'm a [E]strict vegetarian
But with the [A]over-population
and inflation and starvation
And the [E]crazy politicians
I [D]don't feel safe in this world no more
I [A]don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away
to a distant shore and [E]make like an ape[A]man

[Chorus 1]
[A]I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman
Oh, I'm an [E]apeman
I'm a [A]King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man
Oh, I'm an [E]apeman
'Cause com[D]pared to the sun
that sits in the sky
Com[A]pared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs
and the spiders and flies
[E]I am an apem[A]an
[D][A][E][A]

[Verse 3]
[A]In man's evolution
he's created [E]the city
and the motor traffic rumble
[A]But give me half a chance
and I'd be taking off [E]my clothes
And living in the jungle
'Cause the [D]only time that I feel at ease
Is [A]swinging up and down in a coconut tree
Oh what a life of luxury
to [E]be like an ape[A]man

[Chorus 2]
[A]I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman
Oh, I'm an [E]apeman
I'm a [A]King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man
Oh, I'm an [E]apeman
I [D]look out the window
but I can't see the sky
The [A]air pollution is a-fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive
and [E]make like an ape[A]man
[D][A][E][A]

[Bridge 1]
Oh come on and [E]love me, be my apeman [A]girl
And we'll be so [E]happy in my apeman [A]world

[Chorus 3]
[A]I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman
Oh, I'm an [E]apeman
I'm a [A]King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man
Oh, I'm an [E]apeman
[D]I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
[A]I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
We'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day,
[E]just like an ape[A]man

[Chorus 4]
[A]I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman
Oh, I'm an [E]apeman
I'm a [A]King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man
Oh, I'm an [E]apeman
'Cause I [D]don't feel safe in this world no more
I [A]don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away
to a distant shore and [E]make like an ape[A]man
[D][A][E][A]
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