{"id":22753,"date":"2025-05-25T21:36:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=22753"},"modified":"2026-02-16T23:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:46:18","slug":"apeman-im-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/apeman-im-an\/","title":{"rendered":"Apeman, I’m an"},"content":{"rendered":"
{t: Apeman}  \r\n{key: G}  \r\n{artist:The Kinks}  \r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n
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<pre>{t: Apeman}<\/span>
\n{key: G}<\/span>
\n{artist:The Kinks}<\/span><\/p>\n
[C][C][C][C][C] [G][G] [C] [D] [G] [G]<\/span><\/p>\n
I think I’m [G] sophisticated,<\/span>
\n‘Cos I’m [G] living my life like a [D] good homo sapien, [D]<\/span>
\nBut [G] all around me everybody’s multiplying,<\/span>
\nAnd they’re [D] walking ’round like flies, man, [D]<\/span>
\nSo [C] I’m no better than the animals,<\/span>
\nSitting in their [G] cages in the zoo, man, [G]<\/span>
\n‘Cause com-[G]pared to the flowers,<\/span>
\nAnd the [G] birds, and the trees, [D] I am an [D7] ape-[G]man!<\/span><\/p>\n
I think I’m [G] so educated, and I’m so civilized,<\/span>
\n‘Cause I’m a [D] strict vegetarian, [D] b<\/span>ut with the [G] over population,<\/span>
\nAnd in-[G] flation, and starvation, a<\/span>nd the [D] crazy poli – tici – ans,\u00a0 [D]<\/span>
\nI [C] don’t feel safe in this world no more, <\/span>I [G] don’t wanna die in a nuclear war,<\/span> I [G] wanna sail away to a distant shore, a<\/span>nd [D] make like an [D7] ape-[G]man!<\/span><\/p>\n
[G] I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, ape man,<\/span>
\nOh, I’m an [D] ape man, [D]<\/span>
\nI’m a [G] King Kong man, I’m a vood-doo man,<\/span>
\nOh, I’m an [D] apeman, [D]<\/span>
\n‘Cause com-[C]-pared to the sun that sits in the sky,<\/span>
\nCom-[G]pared to the clouds as they roll by,<\/span>
\nCom-[G]pared to the bugs, and the spiders, and flies,<\/span>
\n[D] I am an [D7] ape-[G]man!<\/span>
\n{eoc}<\/span>
\n[C] La [C] la [C] la [C] la [C] la, [G] la [G] la [C] [D] [G]<\/span><\/p>\n
[G] In man’s evolution he has created the [D] city,<\/span>
\nAnd the [D] motor traffic rumble, <\/span>[G] But, give me half a chance,<\/span>
\nAnd I’d be taking off [D] my clothes, a<\/span>nd [D] living in the jungle,<\/span>
\n‘Cause the [C] only time that I feel at ease, i<\/span>s [G] swinging up and down in a coconut tree.<\/span>\u00a0 [G] Oh, what a life of luxury to [D] be like an [D7] ape-[G]man!<\/span><\/p>\n
[G] I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman,<\/span>
\nOh, I’m an [D] apeman, [D]<\/span>
\nI’m a [G] King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man,<\/span>
\nOh, I’m an [D] apeman, [D]<\/span>
\nI [C] look out the window, but I can’t see the sky.<\/span> The [G] air pollution is a’fogging up my eyes.<\/span> I [G] want to get out of this city alive, a<\/span>nd [D] make like an [D7] ape-[G]man!<\/span><\/p>\n
[C] La [C] la [C] la [C] la [C] la, [G] la [G] la [C] [D] [G]<\/span><\/p>\n
Ah come and [D7] love me, [D] be my ape man [G] girl<\/span>
\nAnd we will be so [D] happy in my ape man [G] world<\/span><\/p>\n
[G] I’m an ape man, I’m an ape, ape man,<\/span>
\nOh, I’m an [D] ape man, [D]<\/span>
\nI’m a [G] King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man,<\/span>
\nOh, I’m an [D] apeman, [D]<\/span>
\n[C] I’ll be your Tarzan, you’ll be my Jane,<\/span> [G] I’ll keep you warm, and you’ll keep me sane,<\/span> We’ll [G] sit in the trees, and eat bananas all day,<\/span> [D] Just like an [D7] ape-[G]-man!<\/span><\/p>\n
[G] I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman,<\/span>
\nOh, I’m an [D] apeman, [D]<\/span>
\nI’m a [G] King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man,<\/span>
\nOh, I’m an [D] apeman, [D]<\/span>
\nI [C] don’t feel safe in this world no more,<\/span> I [G] don’t want to die in a nuclear war,<\/span> I [G] want to sail away to a distant shore, a<\/span>nd [D] make like an [D7] ape-[G]man!<\/span>
\n{eoc}<\/span>
\n[C] La [C] la [C] la [C] la [C] la, [G] la [G] la [C] [D] [G]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
{t: Apeman} {key: G} {artist:The Kinks}   <pre>{t: Apeman} {key: G} {artist:The Kinks} [C][C][C][C][C] [G][G] [C] [D] [G] [G] I think I’m [G] sophisticated, ‘Cos I’m [G] living my life like a [D] good homo sapien, [D] But [G] all around me everybody’s multiplying, And they’re [D] walking ’round like … CLICK TO VIEW SONGApeman, I’m an<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kinks-the","category-almost-ready"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29908,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22753\/revisions\/29908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}