The Kinks - Apeman

^AI think I'm^A sophisticated cos I'm living my ^Alife like a good Homos^Eapien ^{Esus4 E} But ^Aall around me everybody's multiplying Till they're^E walkin' round like f^Esus4lies ma^En So ^DI'm no better than the animals sitting in their ca^Ages in the zoo man ^{Asus4 A} Cos^A compared to the flowers and the b^Airds and the trees ^DI am an ^Eape ^Aman ^AI think I'm^A so educated and I'm so civilized^A cos I'm a ^Estrict ^Esus4vegetar^Eian ^ABut with th^Ae over-population and inflation a^And starvation and the ^Ecrazy p^Esus4olitici^Eans ^DI don't feel safe in this world no more ^AI don't want to die in a nuclear war ^AI want to sail away to a distant shore and ^Dmake like an ^Eape ^Aman

^AI'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ^Eape man I'm a ^AKing Kong man, I'm a ^Avoodoo man, oh I'm an ^Eape man Cos c^Dompared to the sun that sits in the sky ^ACompared to the clouds as they roll by ^ACompared to the bugs and the spiders and flies ^DI am an ^Eape m^Aan

^DLa ^Dla ^Dla ^Dla ^Dla, ^Ala ^Ala ^{D E A} [BRIDGE] ^AIn man's evolution he has created the cities and the motor traffic rum^Eble But g^Aive me half a chance and I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the ^Ejungle Cos the o^Dnly time that I feel at ease is sw^Ainging up and down in a coconut tree Oh ^Awhat a life of luxury to ^Dbe like an ^Eape m^Aan

^AI'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ^Eape man I'm a ^AKing Kong man, I'm a ^Avoodoo man, oh I'm an ^Eape man I loo^Dk out my window, but I can't see the sky ^AThe air pollution is a-foggin' up my eyes ^AI want to get out of this city alive and ^Dmake like an ^Eape m^Aan

^DLa ^Dla ^Dla ^Dla ^Dla, ^Ala ^Ala ^{D E A A} Ah come and l^Eove me, be my ape man ^Agirl And we will be so ^Ehappy in my ape man ^Aworld

^AI'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ^Eape man I'm a ^AKing Kong man, I'm a ^Avoo-doo man, oh I'm an^E ape man ^DI'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane ^AI'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane ^AWe'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day ^DJust like an ^Eape ^Aman

^AI'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ^Eape man I'm a ^AKing Kong man, I'm a ^Avoo-doo man, oh I'm an^E ape man ^DI don't feel safe in this world no more ^AI don't want to die in a nuclear war ^AI want to sail away to a distant shore and ^Dmake like an ^Eape ^Aman

^DLa ^Dla ^Dla ^Dla ^Dla, ^Ala ^Ala ^{D E A}