If I Were An Orangutan
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: FCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
F C F C F
[Verse 1]
F
I've tried my best to be for you
C F
Nobody but myself
F Bb
To no avail, and I still failed
C F
When I tried as someone else
Bb
But I think I have the answer
F
So please just hear me out
Bb
Before you walk away from me
C
Before you shoot me down
[Chorus]
F C
Gm
Would you let me hang around?
F C
Would you like me better if my hair was red or
Gm
My knuckles touched the ground?
Dm Am
If you'd find me more appealing
Bb F
Who am I to disagree?
F Gm
Take me to Sumatra
Gm F C F C F
Make a monkey out of me
[Verse 2]
F
We'll start each morning foraging
C F
For ficus fruits and grapes
F Bb
We'll live our lives just like the world's
C F
Most solitary apes
Bb
With no need for society
F
No tariff and no tax
Bb
We're picking lice and crickets
C
From each others' hairy backs
[Chorus]
F C
If I were an orangutan
Gm
Would you let me hang around?
F C
Would you like me better if my hair was red or
Gm
My knuckles touched the ground?
Dm Am
If you'd find me more appealing
Bb F
Who am I to disagree?
F Gm
Take me to Sumatra
Gm F C F C F
Make a monkey out of me
[Bridge]
Bb
I'll be the great sensation of zoology
F
A brand new field in ape ecology
Gm F
And all the simian that you can stand
Bb
I'll be the talk of all the anthropology
F
Majors, with the physiology
Gm
Of a monkey and a man
C
I'll peel bananas with my feet and hands, so
[Verse 3]
F
If you don't believe me
C F
If you aren't quite convinced
F Bb
That paradise is being with
C F
The king of Asian chimps
Bb
And living in the treetops
F
Of forests rich and green
Bb
I ask, what is a primate king
C
Without a hairy queen?
[Chorus]
F C
If I were an orangutan
Gm
Would you let me hang around?
F C
Would you like me better if my hair was red or
Gm
My knuckles touched the ground?
Dm Am
If you'd find me more appealing
Bb F
Who am I to disagree?
F Gm
Take me to Sumatra
Gm F
Make a monkey out of me
F Gm
Take me to Sumatra
Gm F
Make a monkey out of me
F Gm
Take me to Sumatra
Gm F
Make a monkey out of me
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