My Brother The Ape Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Wel[G]l, [D]I g[A]ot [D]the[G] in[A]vitation[D]
[A]That [D]you sent to everyone
And I told you family picnics
weren't exactly my idea of fun
You [G]replied that everyone but [D]me
said [G]they were go[D]ing [G]to come
[D]Which is [G]how[D] you talked me

[Verse 2]
into going to the reunion
[A]When you said everyone,
you really [G]meant it
My [D]brother the

[Verse 3]
ape
My brother the [A]ape

[Verse 4]
I re[D]ceived the photos you sent
And I don't regret that I went
Or the sight of everybody stiffly
posing under one tent
But I [G]don't feel I belong and
I [D]keep [G]wanting to escape
[D]And I fail to see the likeness between
me and my brother the [Em]ape

[Verse 5]
They all kept [Em]saying (they all
[D]kept saying)
How much we look alike
(how much we [C]look alike)
I don't think [B]that we look [A]alike at all
(I don't think that we look alike at all)

[Verse 6]
But I'll admit that [D]I look
more like [G]a chimp
Than I [D]look like my cousin the [G]shrimp
Or my dis[D]tant kin the [G]lichens
Or [D]the snowy egret [G]or the moss
And I find it hard to recognize
Some [Abdim]relatives of ours
Like the ro[D]tifer, the sycamore
Iguanas and sea [A]stars
[D]My brother the

[Verse 7]
ape
My brother [A]the [D]ape

[Interlude 1]
[D][A][D][G]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[Em]

[Verse 8]
They say you [D]don't get [C](they say you
don't get)
To choose your [B]family [A](to choose
your family)
But there's no [G]other [D]one to [G]choose [D](but there's no
other one [C]to [D]choose)

[Verse 9]
So that's [G]why I'm [D]writing this [G]now
And [D]you can [G]tell my sister the cow
That I meant to [C]thank
[D]her for the [G]gorgonzola
And I'll allow that I've been
acting like [C]a stranger[G]
[D]But you [G]guys [D]are all so [C]strange
Though I [G]think of what I'm like
And [D]I can s[G]ee we're a[D]ll t[C]he same

[Verse 10]
[G]So this time nex[D]t year,
we'll meet at [G]my place

[Verse 11]
My brother the [G]ape[D][G]
My [D]brother [G]the [D]ape