Apeman Chords

Song: Apeman
Artist: The Kinks
Composer: Ray Davies
Album: Lola versus Powerman
and The Moneygoround Part One
Tabbed by DJ  16th April 2013
 
The chords in brackets are only implied,
the double-stop riff is still a much better option.
If played as full chords the A should be a very
quick passing chord. Just go straight to the E chord
and skip the A if that change is a bit quick for you
 
D = xx0232    A     = x02220    Asus4 = x02230
E = 022100    Esus4 = 022200    E7    = 022130
 
/ = slide up  h = hammer-on notes  N.C. = No chords
 
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[Intro]
     (D)                (A)(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 sophisticated,
          A                    E               Esus4 E
'Cos 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,
        A                     E       E7    A
And the birds, and the trees, 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,
         A
And in - flation, 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 wanna die in a nuclear war,
  A
I wanna 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)                (A)(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
And the motor traffic rumble,
A
 ...But, give me half a chance,
                  E
And I'd be taking off my clothes
    E
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)              (A)(E)   D  E   A  N.C.
    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         E  N.C.      A          A  N.C.
...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----2h4-2-2---------|
A|-2----2h4-2-2----------|-0-0/4------0---------|
E|-0-0/4------0----------|----------------------|
 
    E            E  N.C.           A
 ...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------------|
 |--0-0/4--------0--------------|---------------|
 
  (E7)
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----5-----3-----------------|
G|------------------------0-1--|
D|-2/6---3/4------0-1-2-4------|
A|--------------4--------------|
 |-----------------------------|
 
[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--------------|
 |-----------------|
 
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)                 (A)(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--------||
 
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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 the cursing,
so you take your choice.
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