Intro
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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
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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
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     La-la, la-la!  La - la-la! 
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Verse 3
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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
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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
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    La-la, la-la!  La - la-la!               A- come on and.. 
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    E            E                A           A 
...love me       ...be my apeman girl,          and we'd be so.. 
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     E            E                 A 
 ...happy...      ...in my ape-man world! 
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    (E7) 
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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
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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!