Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Great Apes Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Great Apes Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
F     C     F     C
Bb    Dm    G     N.C.

[Verse 1]
        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'
               G
out upon dizzy ice

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[Pre-Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
F                  C
All of my love and half my kisses
F               C
Superstar don't do the dishes
Bb              Dm
I just want the great
           G
apes to be free
F                C
Come on now, you lazy cowboy
F                   C
Heads or tails, but not right now,
boy
Bb              Dm
I just want the great
         G
apes to be free

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[Verse 2]
        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

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[Pre-Chorus]
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 and
                  G
I will kill the beat

[Chorus]
F                  C
All of my love and half my kisses
F               C
Superstar don't do the dishes
Bb              Dm               G
I just want the great apes to be free
F                C
Come on now, you lazy cowboy
F                   C
Heads or tails, but not right now, boy
Bb              Dm             G
I just want the great apes to be free

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[Guitar Solo]
Am    Am    G     G
Am    Am    G     G
Am    Am    G     G

[Bridge]
         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

[Chorus]
F                  C
All of my love and half my kisses
F               C
Superstar don't do the dishes
Bb              Dm
I just want the great
           G
apes to be free
F                C
Come on now, you lazy cowboy
F                   C
Heads or tails, but not right now,
boy
Bb              Dm
I just want the great
         G
apes to be free

[Outro]
F     C     F     C
Bb              Dm             G
I just want the great apes to be free
F     C     F     C
Bb              Dm             G
I just want the great apes to be free

How to play The Great Apes: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for The Great Apes by Red Hot Chili Peppers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play The Great Apes by Red Hot Chili Peppers, think in A minor (no sharps or flats). It takes 6 chords: F, C, Bb, Dm, G and Am.

Listen for C – F – C – Bb (III – VI – III – ♭II in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, G, F, Am, D, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E

The Great Apes chords: questions

What key is The Great Apes in?

The Great Apes by Red Hot Chili Peppers is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in The Great Apes?

The Great Apes uses 6 chords: F, C, Bb, Dm, G, Am.

What is the chord progression of The Great Apes?

The main progression is C – F – C – Bb (III – VI – III – ♭II).

Is The Great Apes easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, G, F, Am, D, Em (83% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo).

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