Artist: The Kinks
Song: Apeman
Tabbed by: DJ
16th April 2013
Tuning: Standard
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| / / / / | / / / / | I think I'm so - phisticated,
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'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien,
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But all around me everybody's multiplying,
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And they're walking 'round like flies, man,
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So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the zoo, man,
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'Cause com - pared to the flowers, and the birds, and the trees, I am an ape - man!
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I think I'm so educated, and I'm so civilised, 'cause I'm a strict vegetarian,
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But with the over population, and inflation, and starvation,
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And the crazy poli - tici - ans,
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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!
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I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man, oh, I'm an ape - man,
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I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man, oh, I'm an ape - man,
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'Cause com - pared to the sun that sits in the sky,
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Com - pared to the clouds as they roll by, compared to the bugs,
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And the spiders, and flies, I am an ape - man!
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La-la, la-la! La - la - la!
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In man's evolution he has created the city, and the motor traffic rumble,
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But, give me half a chance, and I'd be taking off my clothes, and living in the jungle,
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'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!
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I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man, oh, I'm an ape - man,
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I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man, oh, I'm an ape - man,
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I look out the window, but I can't see the sky,
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The air pollution is a - fogging up my eyes,
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I want to get out of this city alive, and make like an ape - man!
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La-la, la-la! La - la - la!
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Oh, come on & love me... ...be my apeman girl, & we'll be so...
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... happy... ...in my ape-man world!
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E7 A E Esus4 E
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man, oh, I'm an ape - man,
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I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man, oh, I'm an ape - man,
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I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane, I'll keep you warm, and you'll keep me sane,
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We'll sit in the trees, and eat bananas all day just like an ape - man!
A E Esus4 E
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man, oh, I'm an ape - man,
A E Esus4 E
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man, oh, 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,
A E E7 A
I want to sail away to a distant shore, and make like an ape - man!
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La-la, la-la! La - la - la!
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D = xx0232 Esus4 = 033300
E = 022100 Asus4 = x02230
A = x02220 E7 = 022130
