The Kinks
The Kinks - Apeman guitar tab
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apeman horns/traffic noise intro D A D E A --------------------------------- -7-7--7-7-7--7-7--5-9-7---------- -7-7--7-7-7--7-7--6-9-7--7-7-7-6- -------------------------9-9-9-9- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- riff 1 riff 2 riff 3 ------------------- -------------------- ------------------ ------------------- -------------------- ------------------ -----------0-1----- -------------------- ------------------ ---0-1-2-4--------- -------------------- --------2-4-2----- -4----------------- --------2-4-2------- -0--0s4-------0--- ------------------- -0--0s4-------0----- ------------------ riff 4 ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ------9-----7-----5-----4--- ---------------------------- -9h11---7h9---5h7---4h5---5- ---------------------------- verses A E Esus4 E (1)I think Im sophisticated cos Im living my life like a good Homosapien (2)I think Im so educated and Im so civilized cos Im a strict vegetarian But all around me everybodys multiplying Till theyre walking round like flies man But with the over population and inflation and starvation and the crazy politicians D A Asus4 A So Im no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the zoo man I dont feel safe in this world no more I dont want to die in a nuclear war E A Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an ape man (w/riff 1) I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man chorus A E Im an ape man Im an ape ape man oh Im an ape man Im a King Kong man Im a voodoo man oh Im an ape man D (1)Cos compared to the sun that sits in the sky (2)I look out my window but I cant see the sky (3)Ill be your Tarzan youll be my Jane (4)I dont feel safe in this world no more A Compared to the clouds as they roll by The air pollution is a fogging up my eyes Ill keep you warm and youll keep me sane Ill keep you warm and youll keep me sane I don't want to die in a nuclear war E A Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies I am an ape man I want to get out of this city alive and make like an ape man Well sit in the trees and eat bananas all day Just like an ape man I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man D A D E A (riff 1) La la la la la la la bridge 1 A E In mans evolution he has created the cities and the motor traffic rumble A E But give me half a chance and Id be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle D A Cos the only time that I feel at ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree E A (riff 1) Oh what a life of luxury to be like an ape man bridge 2 E (riff 2) A (riff 3) Ah come and love me, be my ape man girl E (riff 2) A (riff 4) (riff 1) And we will be so happy in my ape man world