{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":951298,"song":"The Caves Of Altamira","artist":"Steely Dan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/951298-the-caves-of-altamira-chords-by-steely-dan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/951298?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":63,"content":"THE CAVES OF ALTAMIRA\r\n\r\ntranscription and chart\r\nPeter Kruger\r\ncasparus50@yahoo.ca\r\n\r\n\r\n[intro]\r\n[tab]|[ch]F#m7[/ch]              [ch]E/F#[/ch] |[ch]F#m7[/ch]              [ch]E/F#[/ch] |[ch]F#m7[/ch]              [ch]E/F#[/ch] |[ch]F#m7[/ch]        [ch]C#m7[/ch]  |  \r\n *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *    *[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse #1]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]               [ch]A9[/ch]\r\n     I recall when I was small[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nHow I spent my days a lone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A9[/ch] \r\nThe busy world was not for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]             [ch]E6[/ch]  [ch]Eb7[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nSo I went and found my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C#m11[/ch]\r\nI would climb the garden wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#/B[/ch]   [ch]E/A[/ch]   [ch]C#/F#[/ch]\r\nWith a candle in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B/E[/ch]           [ch]F#/A#[/ch]            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C#m7[/ch]    \r\nI'd hide inside a hall of rock and sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[verse #2]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]   [ch]F#m7[/ch]                [ch]A9[/ch]\r\n           On the stone an ancient hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]F#m7[/ch] \r\nIn a faded yellow-green[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nMade alive a worldly wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]          [ch]E6[/ch]   [ch]Eb7[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] \r\nOften told but never seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C#m11[/ch]\r\nNow and ever bound to labor[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#/B[/ch]    [ch]E/A[/ch]    [ch]C#/F#[/ch]\r\nOn the sea and in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B/E[/ch]           [ch]F#/A#[/ch]\r\nEvery man and beast appeared[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Amaj7[/ch]  [ch]A7/C#[/ch]\r\nA friend as real as I [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[chorus]  \r\n[tab]   [ch]Dmaj9[/ch]                   [ch]Amaj7[/ch]  \r\nBe fore the fall when they wrote it on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dmaj9[/ch]             [ch]F#m7[/ch]      \r\nWhen there wasn’t even Holly wood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E6[/ch]      [ch]Dmaj9[/ch]                   [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nThey    heard the call and they wrote it on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nFor you and me [/tab]\r\n\r\n   ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^      ^  ^    ^ \r\n[tab]   [ch]Gmaj7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]Emaj7[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]Amaj13[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C#m7[/ch]|[ch]F#m7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch] |[ch]F#m7[/ch]        [ch]C#m7[/ch]| \r\nwe under stood                                              *   *   *   *  *   *   *   *[/tab]\r\n   \r\n \r\n[verse #3]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]                [ch]A9[/ch]  \r\n     Can it be this sad design[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nCould be the very same[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nA wooly man with out a face[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]           [ch]E6[/ch]  [ch]Eb7[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd a beast without a name[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C#m11[/ch]\r\nNothin' here but history[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#/B[/ch]     [ch]E/A[/ch]      [ch]C#/F#[/ch]\r\nCan you see what has been done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B/E[/ch]         [ch]F#/A#[/ch]\r\nMemory rush over me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bmaj7[/ch]         [ch]Amaj7[/ch]   [ch]A7/C#[/ch] \r\nNow I step into the sun  [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[chorus ]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dmaj9[/ch]                   [ch]Amaj7[/ch]  \r\nBe fore the fall when they wrote it on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dmaj9[/ch]             [ch]F#m7[/ch]      \r\nWhen there wasn’t even Holly wood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E6[/ch]      [ch]Dmaj9[/ch]                   [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nThey    heard the call and they wrote it on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nFor you and me  [/tab]\r\n \r\n   ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^      ^   ^    ^ \r\n[tab]   [ch]Gmaj7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]Emaj7[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]Amaj13[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C#m7[/ch] [ch]F#m7[/ch]           \r\nwe under stood                                                [/tab]\r\n          \r\n\r\nsax:   \r\n[tab]|[ch]Bm7[/ch]                |[ch]F#m9[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]|[ch]Bm7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]   |[ch]F#m7[/ch]      [ch]E6[/ch]   [ch]Eb7[/ch] |\r\n *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Dmaj7[/ch]     [ch]C#m11[/ch]    |[ch]F#/B[/ch] [ch]E/A[/ch]  [ch]C#/F#[/ch]    |[ch]B/E[/ch]       [ch]F#/A#[/ch]    |[ch]G#m7[/ch]      [ch]Amaj7[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch] |   \r\n *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *     *[/tab]\r\n\r\n[chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dmaj9[/ch]                   [ch]Amaj7[/ch]  \r\nBe fore the fall when they wrote it on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dmaj9[/ch]       [ch]F#m7[/ch]      \r\nWhen there wasn’t even Hollywood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E6[/ch]      [ch]Dmaj9[/ch]                   [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nThey    heard the call and they wrote it on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nFor you and me    [/tab]\r\n                                  \r\n    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^    ^       ^   ^     \r\n[tab]   [ch]Gmaj7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]Emaj7[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]Amaj13[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C#m7[/ch]|[ch]F#m7[/ch]              [ch]E/F#[/ch]|    \r\nwe under stood                                                *     *     *     *[/tab]\r\n                                                                        \r\n[coda]\r\n[tab]|[ch]F#m7[/ch]      [ch]A9[/ch]       |[ch]Dmaj9[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]|[ch]F#m7[/ch]      [ch]A9[/ch]       |[ch]Dmaj9[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] |      \r\n *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *     *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]F#m7[/ch]      [ch]A9[/ch]       |[ch]Dmaj9[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]|[ch]F#m7[/ch]      [ch]A9[/ch]       |[ch]Dmaj9[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] |      \r\n *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *     *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]F#m7[/ch]      [ch]A9[/ch]       |[ch]Dmaj9[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]|[ch]F#m7[/ch]      [ch]A9[/ch]       |[ch]Dmaj9[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] |      \r\n *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *     *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\ntranscription and chart\r\nPeter Kruger\r\ncasparus50@yahoo.ca","plain_text":"THE CAVES OF ALTAMIRA\n\ntranscription and chart\nPeter Kruger\ncasparus50@yahoo.ca\n\n\n[intro]\n\n\n[verse #1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse #2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[chorus]  \n\n\n\n\n\n   ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^      ^  ^    ^ \n\n   \n \n[verse #3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[chorus ]\n\n\n\n\n \n   ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^      ^   ^    ^ \n\n          \n\nsax:   \n\n\n\n\n[chorus]\n\n\n\n\n                                  \n    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^    ^       ^   ^     \n\n                                                                        \n[coda]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntranscription and chart\nPeter 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