Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Great Apes

intro : F C F C
A# Dm G . .

Am G
she’s a box car . . rollin’ by . .
Am G
like a black star . . in the sky . .
Am G
she’s a failure . . once or twice . .
Am
like a trailer spinnin’ out
G
upon dizzy ice . .

Am G
flowers fly when we grow old . .
Am G
snakes get high , or so i’m told . .
Am G
she’s an eagle out on the road . .
Am
like my favorite beatle
G
everyone bought and sold . .

reff :
F C
all of my love and half my kisses
F C
superstar don’t do the dishes
A# Dm
i just want the great apes
G
to be free . .

F C
come on now , you lazy cowboy
F
heads or tails ,
C
but not right now , boy
A# Dm
i just want the great apes
G
to be free . .

Am G
she’s a rain bird . . on the prowl . .
Am
like an urge to be yourself
G
that you won’t allow . .
Am G
she’s a forest . . that we burned . .
Am
just a blueprint for a life
G
that we had never learned . .

Am G
flowers fly when we grow old . .
Am G
snakes get high , or so i’m told . .
Am G
she’s a lynch mob on the street . .
Am
take another step
G
and i will kill the beat . .

reff :
F C
all of my love and half my kisses
F C
superstar don’t do the dishes
A# Dm
i just want the great apes
G
to be free . .

F C
come on now , you lazy cowboy
F
heads or tails ,
C
but not right now , boy
A# Dm
i just want the great apes
G
to be free . .

int . Am G Am G
Am G Am G

Am G
she’s a bus stop . . glockenspiel . .
Am
she’s a simulation life
G
that you thought was real . .
Am G
she’s an image . . that we blurred . .
Am
it’s a pixelated panther ,
G
now let it purr . .

reff :
F C
all of my love and half my kisses
F C
superstar don’t do the dishes
A# Dm
i just want the great apes
G
to be free . .

F C
come on now , you lazy cowboy
F
heads or tails ,
C
but not right now , boy
A# Dm
i just want the great apes
G
to be free . .

int . F C F C

A# Dm
i just want the great apes
G
to be free . .

int . F C F C

A# Dm
i just want the great apes
G
to be free . .

outro : G . .