Apeman – The Kinks
Nghệ sĩ: The Kinks
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
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 named in brackets are only implied,
play as the double-stop riff tablature.
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the very bottom of the page.
D = xx0232 A = x02220 A4 = x02230
E = 022100 E4 = 022200 E7 = 022130
/ = slide up h = hammer-on notes N.C. = No chords
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
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Intro
e|--2-2---2-2---2---0--4--|--2---0--0---0---|
B|--3-3---3-3---3---2--5--|--3---0--0---2---|
G|------------------------|--2---1--1---2---|
D|------------------------|--0---0--0---2---|
A|------------------------|------2--2---0---|
E|------------------------|------0--0-------|
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / /_/_/_//_/_/_//_/_/_/ | I think I'm sophisticated,
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
'Cos I'm living my life like a good homo sapiens,
ch]A[/ch
But all around me everybody's multiplying,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And they're walking 'round like flies, man,
ch]D[/ch
So I'm no better than the animals,
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Sitting in their cages in the zoo, man,
ch]A[/ch
'Cause com - pared to the flowers,
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
And the birds, and the trees, I am an ape - man!
^ ^ ^ ^
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
N.C. [ch]A[/ch]
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilised,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian,
ch]A[/ch
But with the over population,
ch]A[/ch
And in - flation, and starvation,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And the crazy poli - tici - ans,
ch]D[/ch
I don't feel safe in this world no more,
ch]A[/ch
I don't wanna die in a nuclear war,
ch]A[/ch
I wanna sail away to a distant shore,
[ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] N.C.
And make like an ape - man!
^ ^ ^ ^
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|------------0-1--|
D|----0-1-2-4------|
A|--4--------------|
E|-----------------|
ch]A[/ch
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
ch]A[/ch
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
ch]D[/ch
'Cause com - pared to the sun that sits in the sky,
ch]A[/ch
Com - pared to the clouds as they roll by,
ch]A[/ch
Com - pared to the bugs, and the spiders, and flies,
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
I am an ape - man!
^ ^ ^ ^
([ch]D[/ch]) ([ch]A[/ch]) ([ch]E[/ch]) [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]
La-la, la-la! La, la -la!
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|------------0-1--|
D|----0-1-2-4------|
A|--4--------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
In man's evolution he has created the city,
ch]E[/ch
And the motor traffic rumble,
ch]A[/ch
...But, give me half a chance,
ch]E[/ch
And I'd be taking off my clothes
ch]E[/ch
And living in the jungle,
ch]D[/ch
'Cause the only time that I feel at ease,
ch]A[/ch
Is swinging up and down in a coconut tree,
ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Oh, what a life of luxury to be like an ape - man!
^ ^ ^ ^
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|------------0-1--|
D|----0-1-2-4------|
A|--4--------------|
E|-----------------|
ch]A[/ch
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
ch]A[/ch
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood-doo man,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
ch]D[/ch
I look out the window but I can't see the sky,
ch]A[/ch
* The air pollution is a - fogging up my eyes,
ch]A[/ch
I want to get out of this city alive,
[ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] N.C.
And make like an ape - man!
^ ^ ^ ^
([ch]D[/ch]) ([ch]A[/ch]) ([ch]E[/ch]) [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]
La-la, la-la! La, la -la!
N.C. [ch]E[/ch] N.C. [ch]A[/ch]
A-come on and love me, be my ape-man girl,
N.C. [ch]E[/ch] N.C. [ch]A[/ch]
And we'd be so happy ...in my ape-man world!
([ch]E[/ch])([ch]E/G#[/ch])([ch]Dm/F[/ch])([ch]D/F#[/ch])
e|-----------------------------------|
B|------5--------3-------------------|
G|------------------------------0-1--|
D|--2/6----3--/4--------0-1-2-4------|
A|--------------------4--------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
ch]A[/ch
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
ch]A[/ch
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
ch]D[/ch
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane,
ch]A[/ch
I'll keep you warm, and you'll keep me sane,
ch]A[/ch
We'll sit in the trees, and eat bananas all day,
[ch]E7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] N.C.
Just like an ape - man!
^ ^ ^ ^
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|------------0-1--|
D|----0-1-2-4------|
A|--4--------------|
E|-----------------|
ch]A[/ch
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
ch]A[/ch
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]E4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
ch]D[/ch
I don't feel safe in this world no more,
ch]A[/ch
I don't want to die in a nuclear war,
ch]A[/ch
I want to sail away to a distant shore,
ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
And make like an ape - man!
([ch]D[/ch]) ([ch]A[/ch]) ([ch]E[/ch]) [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]
La-la, la-la! La, la -la!
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Alternative I Alternative II
e|-----------------| e|-----------------|
B|-----------------| B|-----------------|
G|------------0-1--| G|-----------------|
D|----0-1-2-4------| D|----------4-5-6--|
A|--4--------------| A|--4-5-6-7--------|
E|-----------------| E|-----------------|
(D) (A) (E) D E7 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--3---3--3--3--2-/5--|-3--0-0--2------------|
G|------------------------|-2--1-1--2------------|
D|------------------------|-0--0-0--2------------|
A|------------------------|----2-2--0------------|
E|------------------------|----0-0---------------|
E E/G# E/B E/C# E N.C.
...love me! Be my apeman...
e|--0------------------0--------------|
B|--0------------------0--------------|
G|- 1------------------1--------------|
D|--2------------------2--------------|
A|--2----------2--h4---2--------------|
E|--0----0-/4----------0--------------|
A A/C# A/E A/F# A N.C.
...girl, ...and we'd be so...
e|--0-----------------0----------------|
B|--2-----------------2----------------|
G|--2-----------------2----------------|
D|--2---------2--h4---2----------------|
A|--0---0-/4----------0----------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
E E/G# E/B E/C# 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--------------|--0----------|
|--0----0/4----------0--------------|-------------|
(E7)
e|------------------------------|
B|------5-----3-----------------|
G|-------------------------0-1--|
D|--2/6---3/4------0-1-2-4------|
A|---------------4--------------|
E|------------------------------|
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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For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to better match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows beneath three of the diagrams
E7 E4 A4
<7 of 47> <3 of 25> <2 of 21>
E/G# D/F#
<3 of 23> <3 of 20>
The remaining chord boxes can be the default first
option and don't need any reselecting