INTRO:C5  F5   C5  F5 
 
C5 
Well a strange thing happened the other night 

You won't believe it but I swear it's true 

Harry the Hairy Ape made his escape from the city zoo 

And under cover of darkness he made his way 
         F5 
To the middle of the municipal park 
     N/C/
And hid in the bushes and waited for somebody 

To come walkin alone by hisself in the dark 
      F5 
Then along come somebody not suspectin' nothin 
Bb5 
Harry jump outta the bushes all of a sudden 
G5                     F5 
Beat on his chest, jumped up and down, and he say 
INTRO 
Wooohooohooohhaaaheehooowooo (twice) 
G5               Bb5      F5     N/C/
Which is Harry Ape talk for "boo I betcha I scared you haha" 
 
(Spoken rapidly) 
F5 
Waaa scared that poor cat so bad his eyes bugged out 

His hair turned white and he run off through the municipal park 

Screamin' and hollerin' 'n tearin' up the lawn 

Tearin' up the shrubbery, knocked down the "keep off the grass" sign 

Run through the hurricane fence, fell in the municipal swimming pool 

And drowned hisself, woo-hoo 
C5 
Well Harry thought this was the funniest thing 

That he had ever seen 

And he laughed, haha, jumped back in the bushes 

And got ready to do it again 

The next guy that come along 
        F5 
Was the near sighted local DJ 
     N/C/
Just boppin' down the sidewalk on his way to work 

With a box of records under his arm that he was gonna play 
    F5 
So here he come, not suspectin' nothin' 
Bb5 
Harry jump outta the bushes all of a sudden 
G5                     F5 
Beat on his chest, jumped up and down, and he say 
INTRO 
(that ape talk again) 
G5             Bb5         F5    N/C/
Which is Harry Ape talk for "smile you on candid camera" 
 
(Spoken rapidly) 
F5 
Man that DJ was so nearsighted he thought Harry was a rock n roll singer 

So he give him the ol' glad hand, smiled, slapped him on the back 

Say "don't worry baby I'm gonna play the record 

'Cause you're too cool, too cool, too cool" 

Then he said bye, bopped on down off the sidewalk 

Every four or five steps he stop turn around do a boo-ga-loo shing-a-ling 

Well this really shook Harry up, I mean it blew his whole bit ruined his whole day 

So he run back to his cage fast as he could go, jumped up on his little swing 

Put both hands over his eyes and didn't look for three hours forty-five minutes 

But that's not the end of the story, here's what happened 
 

C5 
Well the DJ he played Harry's record (what record?) Shut up! 

It was a hit and he became a star 

Got him some tight britches got him a manager 

Went on a promotion tour, combed his hair back 

And took up playin' the guitar 

And every Sunday afternoon you can go 
                      F5 
And see Harry at the zoo 
        N/C/
And the girls'll swing and he'll sit on his swing 

And pick and sing his hit record for you 
 

C5 
(Ape noises) 
(Shoobie-doo-wop, shoobie-doo-wop...)