Apeman The Kinks

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A E

I think I'm sophisticated ‘cause I'm living my life like a good homosapien

A E

But all around me everybody's multiplying ‘til they're walking round like flies, man

D / A

So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the zoo, man

E A

'Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees, I am an ape man

(4 drumbeats)

A E

I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized, ‘cause I'm a strict vegetarian

A E

But with the over-population and inflation and starvation and the crazy politicians

D A

I don't feel safe in this world no more, I don't want to die in a nuclear war

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I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man E--0-1-2-3-4--------

A E

I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man

A E

I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, I'm an ape man

D A

'Cause compared to the sun that sits in the sky, compared to the clouds as they roll by

E A

Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies, I am an ape man (4 drumbeats)

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A E

In man's evolution he’s created the cities and the motor traffic rumble, (talking)

A E

but give me half a chance and I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle

D / A

'Cause the only time that I feel at ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree

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Oh what a life of luxury to be like an ape man E--0-1-2-3-4--------

A E

I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ape man

A E

I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man, I'm an ape man

D

I look out my window, but I can't see the sky

A

The air pollution is a-foggin’ up my eyes

E A

I want to get out of this city alive and make like an ape man (4 drumbeats)

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Oh, come and love me, E-0-0-4--------0-- be my ape man girl E-------------------

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And we be so happy E-0-0-4--------0-- in my ape man world E--0-1-2-3-4-----

A E

I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man

A E

I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man, I'm an ape man

D

I’ll be your Tarzan and you’ll be my Jane

A

I’ll keep you warm and you’ll keep me sane

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Sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, Just like an ape man E--0-1-2-3-4------

A E

I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man

A E

I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man, I'm an ape man

D A

I don't feel safe in this world no more, I don't want to die in a nuclear war

E A

I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man (4 drumbeats)

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