Coversong originally made famous by The Kinks
\nWritten by Ray Davies<\/p>\n
A A\n| \/ \/ \/ \/ | \/ \/ \/ \/ | I think I'm sophisticated,\n A E Esus4 E\n'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien,\n A\nBut all around me everybody's multiplying,\n E Esus4 E\nAnd they're walking 'round like flies, man,\n D\nSo I'm no better than the animals,\n A Asus4 A\nSitting in their cages in the zoo, man,\n A\n'Cause com - pared to the flowers, and the birds, and the trees, \nE E7 A\nI am an ape - man!\n \nI think I'm so educated, and I'm so civilised,\n'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian,\nBut with the over population, and inflation, and starvation,\nAnd the crazy poli - tici - ans,\nI don't feel safe in this world no more,\nI don't wanna die in a nuclear war,\nI wanna sail away to a distant shore,\nAnd make like an ape - man!\n\nI'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,\nOh, I'm an ape - man,\nI'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,\nOh, I'm an ape - man,\n'Cause com - pared to the sun that sits in the sky,\nCom - pared to the clouds as they roll by,\nCom - pared to the bugs, and the spiders, and flies,\nI am an ape - man!\n (D) (A)(E) D E A\n La-la, la-la! La - la-la!\n In man's evolution he has created the city,\nAnd the motor traffic rumble, ...but, give me half a chance,\nAnd I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle,\n'Cause the only time that I feel at ease,\nIs swinging up and down in a coconut tree,\nOh, what a life of luxury to be like an ape - man!\nI'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,\nOh, I'm an ape - man,\nI'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,\nOh, I'm an ape - man,\nI look out the window, but I can't see the sky,\nThe air pollution is a - fogging up my eyes,\nI want to get out of this city alive,\nAnd make like an ape - man!\n (D) (A)(E) D E A N.C.\n La-la, la-la! La - la-la! A- come on and..\n E E N.C. A A N.C.\n...love me ...be my apeman girl, and we'd be so..\n E E N.C. A\n ...happy... ...in my ape-man world!\nI'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,\nOh, I'm an ape - man,\nI'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,\nOh, I'm an ape - man,\nI'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane,\nI'll keep you warm, and you'll keep me sane,\nWe'll sit in the trees, and eat bananas all day,\nJust like an ape - man!\n\nI'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,\nOh, I'm an ape - man,\nI'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,\nOh, I'm an ape - man,\nI don't feel safe in this world no more,\nI don't want to die in a nuclear war,\nI want to sail away to a distant shore,\nAnd make like an ape - man!\n[Coda]<\/pre>\nApeman.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n
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