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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 sophisticated,
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 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 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 E A A
...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-------------|------------------------------|
E E 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--------------------|
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--------||
=================================================================
In the 2nd Chorus the line-
'The air pollution is a -fogging up my eyes' is the cleaned up
overdubbed lyric change that appears on the single and mimed
TV appearances, the original album has the swearing,
so you take your choice.
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
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
==============================================================
[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 sophisticated,
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 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 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 E A A
...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-------------|------------------------------|
E E 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--------------------|
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--------||
=================================================================
In the 2nd Chorus the line-
'The air pollution is a -fogging up my eyes' is the cleaned up
overdubbed lyric change that appears on the single and mimed
TV appearances, the original album has the swearing,
so you take your choice.
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