Apeman    (intro)    (sample)

 

                       G 

1. I think, I`m sophisticated, `cos I`m living my life,

                D                                   

    like a good homo sapiens. 

           G

    But all around me ev`rybody`s multiplying 

                          D

    and they`re walking round like flies, man.

          C                                                                      

    So I`m no better than the animals sitting  

                 G

    in their cages in the zoo, man, 

                                                                                             

    `cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees 

    D                   G

    I am an apeman.

 

                      G                                                                     

2. I think, I`m so educated and I`m so civilized,

                        D

    `cos I`m a strict vegetarian.

                         G                                                                                  

    And with the overpopulation  and inflation and starvation 

                    D

    and the crazy politicians.

        C                                                         

    I don`t feel safe in this world no more,

        G

    I don`t wanna die in a nuclear war,

                                                                      D                     G

    I wanna sail away to a distant shore, and be like an apeman.

 

G                                                                          D

I`m an apeman, I`m an ape-apeman, oh, I`m an apeman.

          G                                                                       D

I`m a king-kong-man, I`m a voodoo-man, oh, I`m an apeman.

 

                     C                                                              

3. `Cos compared to the sun that sits in the sky,

             G

    compared to the clouds as they roll by, 

                                                                                D                   G

    compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies, I am an apeman.

       C                                                                          

    I look out the window, but I can`t see the sky,

           G

   `cos air-pollution is a-fogging up my eyes,

                                                                 D                      G

    I wanna get out of this city alive, and live like an apeman.  + CHORUS

 

     C                                                              

4. I`ll be your Tarzan and you`ll be my Jane,

     G

    I`ll keep you warm and you`ll keep me sane,

                                                                             D                       G

    we`ll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, just like an apeman.

        C                                                         

    I don`t feel safe in this world no more,

        G

    I don`t want to die in a nuclear war,

                                                                            D                        G

    I want to sail away to a different shore, and make like an apeman.

 

+ CHORUS   (rep and fade…)                                 

 

    (The Kinks)