The Caves Of Altamira

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THE CAVES OF ALTAMIRA
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Peter Kruger
casparus50@yahoo.ca
[intro]
F#m7 E/F#F#m7 E/F#F#m7 E/F#F#m7 C#m7
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[verse #1]
F#m7 A9
I recall when I was small
Dmaj7 E7 Dmaj7 F#m7
How I spent my days a lone
A9
The busy world was not for me
Dmaj7 E6 Eb7 Dmaj7
So I went and found my own
C#m11
I would climb the garden wall
F#/B E/A C#/F#
With a candle in my hand
B/E F#/A# Dmaj7 C#m7
I'd hide inside a hall of rock and sand
[verse #2]
C#m7 F#m7 A9
On the stone an ancient hand
Dmaj7 E7 Dmaj7 F#m7
In a faded yellow-green
A9
Made alive a worldly wonder
Dmaj7 E6 Eb7 Dmaj7
Often told but never seen
C#m11
Now and ever bound to labor
F#/B E/A C#/F#
On the sea and in the sky
B/E F#/A#
Every man and beast appeared
Bmaj7 Amaj7 A7/C#
A friend as real as I
[chorus]
Dmaj9 Amaj7
Be fore the fall when they wrote it on the wall
Dmaj9 F#m7
When there wasn’t even Holly wood
E6 Dmaj9 C#m7
They heard the call and they wrote it on the wall
Bm7
For you and me
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Gmaj7Fmaj7Emaj7Dmaj7C#m7Cmaj7Dmaj7Amaj13G C#m7F#m7 E F#m7 C#m7
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we under stood * * * * * * * *
[verse #3]
F#m7 A9
Can it be this sad design
Dmaj7 E7 Dmaj7 F#m7
Could be the very same
A9
A wooly man with out a face
Dmaj7 E6 Eb7 Dmaj7
And a beast without a name
C#m11
Nothin' here but history
F#/B E/A C#/F#
Can you see what has been done
B/E F#/A#
Memory rush over me
Bmaj7 Amaj7 A7/C#
Now I step into the sun
[chorus ]
Dmaj9 Amaj7
Be fore the fall when they wrote it on the wall
Dmaj9 F#m7
When there wasn’t even Holly wood
E6 Dmaj9 C#m7
They heard the call and they wrote it on the wall
Bm7
For you and me
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Gmaj7 Fmaj7 Emaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj13 G C#m7 F#m7
we under stood
sax:
Bm7 F#m9 C#m7Bm7 E F#m7 E6 Eb7
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Dmaj7C#m11F#/BE/AC#/F#B/E F#/A#G#m7 Amaj7A/C#
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[chorus]
Dmaj9 Amaj7
Be fore the fall when they wrote it on the wall
Dmaj9 F#m7
When there wasn’t even Hollywood
E6 Dmaj9 C#m7
They heard the call and they wrote it on the wall
Bm7
For you and me
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Gmaj7Fmaj7Emaj7Dmaj7C#m7Cmaj7Dmaj7Amaj13G C#m7F#m7 E/F#
| |
we under stood * * * *
[coda]
F#m7 A9 Dmaj9E7 Dmaj7F#m7 A9 Dmaj9E7 Dmaj7
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
F#m7 A9 Dmaj9E7 Dmaj7F#m7 A9 Dmaj9E7 Dmaj7
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
F#m7 A9 Dmaj9E7 Dmaj7F#m7 A9 Dmaj9E7 Dmaj7
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
casparus50@yahoo.ca

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THE CAVES OF ALTAMIRA
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
casparus50@yahoo.ca
[intro]
[verse #1]
[verse #2]
[chorus]  
   ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^      ^  ^    ^ 
[verse #3]
[chorus ]
   ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^      ^   ^    ^ 
sax:   
[chorus]
    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^    ^       ^   ^     
[coda]
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
casparus50@yahoo.ca

The Caves Of Altamira Chords by Steely Dan

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