JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Apeman" merupakan lagu The Kinks dalam albumnya, Lola vs Powerman and the Moneyground, Part One.
Lagu ini diluncurkan pada 1970 dan di-remaster pada 2014 lalu oleh Sanctuary Records.
Kini lagu lawas ini telah tersedia di platform musik digital dan YouTube.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu All Day and All of the Night - The Kinks
[Intro]
(D) (A)(E) D E A
[Verse 1]
A
I think I'm so phisticated,
A E
'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien,
A
But all around me everybody's multiplying,
E
And they're walking 'round like flies, man,
D
So I'm no better than the animals,
A
Sitting in their cages in the zoo, man,
A
'Cause com - pared to the flowers, and the birds, and the trees,
E A
I am an ape - man!
[Verse 2]
A
I think I'm so educated, and I'm so civilised,
E
'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian,
A
But with the over population, and inflation, and starvation,
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 A
And make like an ape - man!
[Chorus 1]
A
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
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 A
I am an ape - man!
[Break]
(D) (A)(E) D E A
La-la, la-la! La - la-la!
[Verse 3]
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 A
Oh, what a life of luxury to be like an ape - man!
[Chorus 2]
A
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
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 A
And make like an ape - man!
[Bridge]
(D) (A)(E) D E A
La-la, la-la! La - la-la! A- come on and..
E A
...love me ...be my apeman girl, and we'd be so..
E A
...happy... ...in my ape-man world!
(E )
[Chorus 3]
A
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
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 A
Just like an ape - man!
[Chorus 4]
A
I'm an ape - man, I'm an ape, ape - man,
E
Oh, I'm an ape - man,
A
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a vood - doo man,
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 A
And make like an ape - man!
[Coda]
(D) (A)(E) A
La-la, la-la! La - la -la!