Song: Apeman
Artist: The Kinks
Composer: Ray Davies
Album: Lola versus Powerman and The Moneygoround Part One
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
16th April 2013
D = xx0232 A = x02220 Asus4 = x02230
E = 022100 Esus4 = 022200 E7 = 022130
/ = slide up
h = hammer-on
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[Intro]
D E D E A
e |---2--2---2--2---2----0----4---|---2---0--0---0---|
B |-------------------------------|---3---0--0---2---|
G |---2--2---2--2---2----0----4---|---2---1--1---2---|
D |-------------------------------|---0---2--2---2---|
A |-------------------------------|-------2--2---0---|
E |-------------------------------|-------0--0-------|
[Verse 1]
A A
| / / / / | / / / / | I think I'm so - phisticated,
A E Esus4 E
'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien,
A
But all around me everybody's multiplying,
E Esus4 E
And they're walking 'round like flies, man,
D
So I'm no better than the animals,
A Asus4 A
Sitting in their cages in the zoo, man,
A
'Cause com - pared to the flowers, and the birds, and the trees,
E E7 A
I am an ape - man!
[Verse 2]
A
I think I'm so educated, and I'm so civilised,
E Esus4 E
'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian,
A
But with the over population, and inflation, and starvation,
E Esus4 E
And the crazy poli - tici - ans,
D
I don't feel safe in this world no more,
A
I don't want to die in a nuclear war,
A
I want to sail away to a distant shore,
E E7 A
And make like an ape - man!
[Chorus 1]
e |-----------------|
B |-----------------|
G |------------0-1--|
D |----0-1-2-4------|
A |--4--------------|
E |-----------------|
A
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
E Esus4 E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
E Esus4 E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
D
'Cause com - pared to the sun that sits in the sky,
A
Com - pared to the clouds as they roll by,
A
Com - pared to the bugs, and the spiders, and flies,
E E7 A
I am an ape - man!
[Break]
D E D E A
La-la, la-la! La - la - la!
e |---2--2---2--2---2----0----4---|---2---0--0---0---|
B |-------------------------------|---3---0--0---2---|
G |---2--2---2--2---2----0----4---|---2---1--1---2---|
D |-------------------------------|---0---2--2---2---|
A |-------------------------------|-------2--2---0---|
E |-------------------------------|-------0--0-------|
[Verse 3]
e |-----------------|
B |-----------------|
G |------------0-1--|
D |----0-1-2-4------|
A |--4--------------|
E |-----------------|
A E
In man's evolution he has created the city,
E A
And the motor traffic rumble, but, give me half a chance,
E
And I'd be taking off my clothes, and living in the jungle,
D
'Cause the only time that I feel at ease,
A
Is swinging up and down in a coconut tree,
A E E7 A
Oh, what a life of luxury to be like an ape - man!
[Chorus 2]
e |-----------------|
B |-----------------|
G |------------0-1--|
D |----0-1-2-4------|
A |--4--------------|
E |-----------------|
A
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
E Esus4 E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
E Esus4 E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
D
I look out the window, but I can't see the sky,
A
The air pollution is a - fogging up my eyes,
A
I want to get out of this city alive,
E E7 A
And make like an ape - man!
[Bridge]
D E D E A
La-la, la-la! La - la - la! A- come on and..
e |--2--2---2--2---2----0----4--|--2--0-0--0------------------|
B |-----------------------------|--3--0-0--2------------------|
G |--2--2---2--2---2----0----4--|--2--1-1--2------------------|
D |-----------------------------|--0--2-2--2------------------|
A |-----------------------------|-----2-2--0------------------|
E |-----------------------------|-----0-0---------------------|
E A
...love me ...be my apeman girl, and we'd be so..
e |--------------0-------------|--------------0---------------|
B |--------------0-------------|--------------2---------------|
G |--------------1-------------|--------------2---------------|
D |--------------2-------------|-------2-h4-2-2---------------|
A |-------2-h4-2-2-------------|-0-0/4--------0---------------|
E |-0-0/4--------0-------------|------------------------------|
E A
...happy... ...in my ape-man world!
e |---------------0--------------|--0--------------------|
B |---------------0--------------|--2--------------------|
G |---------------1--------------|--2--------------------|
D |---------------2--------------|--2--------------------|
A |--------2-h4-2-2--------------|--0--------------------|
E |--0-0/4--------0--------------|-----------------------|
(E7)
e |-------------------------------|
B |-----5-----3-------------------|
G |--------------------------0-1--|
D |-2/6---3/4--------0-1-2-4------|
A |----------------4--------------|
E |-------------------------------|
[Chorus 3]
A
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
E Esus4 E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
E Esus4 E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
D
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane,
A
I'll keep you warm, and you'll keep me sane,
A
We'll sit in the trees, and eat bananas all day,
E E7 A
Just like an ape - man!
[Chorus 4]
e |-----------------|
B |-----------------|
G |------------0-1--|
D |----0-1-2-4------|
A |--4--------------|
E |-----------------|
A
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
E Esus4 E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
E Esus4 E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
D
I don't feel safe in this world no more,
A
I don't want to die in a nuclear war,
A
I want to sail away to a distant shore,
E E7 A
And make like an ape - man!
[Coda]
D E E E A
La-la, la-la! La - la - la!
e |---2--2---2--2----2----0----4---|---0---0---0----||
B |--------------------------------|---0---0---2----||
G |---2--2---2--2----2----0----4---|---1---1---2----||
D |--------------------------------|---2---2---2----||
A |--------------------------------|---2---2---0----||
E |--------------------------------|---0---0--------||
