E = 022100 Esus4 = 022200 E7 = 022130
/ = slide up h = hammer-on
The chords in brackets are only implied, the riff is still
a much better option. If played as full chords the A should be
a very quick passing chord (it's more an A7, as the riff is a
G and E note together, but an A chord does sound better)
Just go straight to the E chord and skip that A if that chord
change is a bit quick for you.
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[Intro]
(D) (A)(E) DEAE|---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]
AA
| / / / / | / / / / | I think I'm sophisticated,
AEEsus4E
'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien,
A
But all around me everybody's multiplying,
EEsus4E
And they're walking 'round like flies, man,
D
So I'm no better than the animals,
AAsus4A
Sitting in their cages in the zoo, man,
A
'Cause com - pared to the flowers, and the birds, and the trees,
EE7A
I am an ape - man!
[Verse 2]
A
I think I'm so educated, and I'm so civilised,
EEsus4E
'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian,
A
But with the over population, and inflation, and starvation,
EEsus4E
And the crazy poli - tici - ans,
D
I don't feel safe in this world no more,
A
I don't wanna die in a nuclear war,
A
I wanna sail away to a distant shore,
EE7A
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,
EEsus4E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
EEsus4E
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,
EE7A
I am an ape - man!
[Break]
(D) (A)(E) DEA
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|-----------------|AE
In man's evolution he has created the city,
EA
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,
AEE7A
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,
EEsus4E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
EEsus4E
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,
EE7A
And make like an ape - man!
[Bridge]
(D) (A)(E) DEA
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---------------------|EEAA
...love me ...be my apeman girl, and we'd be so..
E|-0------------0-------------|-0------------0---------------|
B|-0------------0-------------|-2------------2---------------|
G|-1------------1-------------|-2------------2---------------|
D|-2------------2-------------|-2-----2-h4-2-2---------------|
A|-2-----2-h4-2-2-------------|-0-0/4--------0---------------|
E|-0-0/4--------0-------------|------------------------------|EEA
...happy... ...in my ape-man world!
E|--0------------0--------------|--0--------------------|
B|--0------------0--------------|--2--------------------|
G|--1------------1--------------|--2--------------------|
D|--2------------2--------------|--2--------------------|
A|--2-----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,
EEsus4E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
EEsus4E
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,
EE7A
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,
EEsus4E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
EEsus4E
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,
EE7A
And make like an ape - man!
[Coda]
(D) (A)(E) EEA
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--------| |
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In the 2nd Chorus the line-
'The air pollution is a -fogging up my eyes' is the overdubbed
lyric that appears on the single and mimed TV appearances,
the original album has what sounds more like cursing, so you take
your choice.