Apeman (intro)

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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

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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.

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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,

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compared to the clouds as they roll by,

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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,

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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,

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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)