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The Caves Of Altamira

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[intro]
| F#m7   E/F#|     F#m7   E/F#| F#m7   E/F#| F#m7   C#m7|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[verse #1]
F#m7I recall when A9I was small
How I Dmaj7spent my days a E7loneDmaj7  F#m7  
The busy world was A9not for me
So I Dmaj7went and found my E6ownEb7  Dmaj7  
I would climb the C#m11garden wall
With a F#/Bcandle E/Ain my C#/F#hand
I'd B/Ehide inside a F#/A#hall of rock and Dmaj7sandC#m7  
[verse #2]
C#m7   F#m7On the stone an A9ancient hand
In a Dmaj7faded yellow-E7greenDmaj7  F#m7  
Made alive a A9worldly wonder
Often Dmaj7told but never E6seenEb7  Dmaj7  
Now and ever C#m11bound to labor
On the F#/Bsea and E/Ain the C#/F#sky
B/EEvery man and F#/A#beast appeared
A Bmaj7friend as real as Amaj7I A7/C#  
[chorus]
Be Dmaj9fore the fall when they Amaj7wrote it on the wall
When there Dmaj9wasn’t even Holly F#m7wood
E6They Dmaj9heard the call and they C#m7wrote it on the wall
For Bm7you and me
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Gmaj7   Fmaj7   Emaj7   Dmaj7   C#m7   Cmaj7   Dmaj7   Amaj13   G  C#m7| F#m7   E| F#m7  C#m7|
we under stood * * * * * * * *
[verse #3]
F#m7Can it be this A9sad design
Could Dmaj7be the very E7sameDmaj7  F#m7  
A wooly man with A9out a face
And a Dmaj7beast without a E6nameEb7  Dmaj7  
Nothin' here but C#m11history
Can you F#/Bsee what E/Ahas been C#/F#done
B/EMemory rush F#/A#over me
Now I Bmaj7step into the Amaj7sun A7/C#  
[chorus ]
Be Dmaj9fore the fall when they Amaj7wrote it on the wall
When there Dmaj9wasn’t even Holly F#m7wood
E6They Dmaj9heard the call and they C#m7wrote it on the wall
For Bm7you and me
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
we Gmaj7under Fmaj7stood Emaj7   Dmaj7   C#m7   Cmaj7   Dmaj7   Amaj13   G   C#m7   F#m7  
| Bm7| F#m9  C#m7| Bm7   E| F#m7   E6   Eb7|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| Dmaj7   C#m11| F#/B   E/A   C#/F#| B/E   F#/A#| G#m7   Amaj7   A/C#|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[chorus]
Be Dmaj9fore the fall when they Amaj7wrote it on the wall
When there Dmaj9wasn’t even F#m7Hollywood
E6They Dmaj9heard the call and they C#m7wrote it on the wall
For Bm7you and me
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Gmaj7   Fmaj7   Emaj7   Dmaj7   C#m7   Cmaj7   Dmaj7   Amaj13   G  C#m7| F#m7  E/F#|
we under stood * * * *
[coda]
| F#m7   A9| Dmaj9   E7  Dmaj7| F#m7   A9| Dmaj9   E7   Dmaj7|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| F#m7   A9| Dmaj9   E7  Dmaj7| F#m7   A9| Dmaj9   E7   Dmaj7|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| F#m7   A9| Dmaj9   E7  Dmaj7| F#m7   A9| Dmaj9   E7   Dmaj7|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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