The Caves Of Altamira Chords
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| Difficulty: | advanced |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
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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 |
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[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
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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#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#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]
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
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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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Peter Kruger
casparus50@yahoo.ca
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19 comments
Thank you so much for your terrific transcriptions!
Any chance of one day seeing "Big Noise, New York"?
You are truly an asset to UG Archive.
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Holy guacamole, this is fantastic. Even though the chords are pretty straight ahead, there’s so much movement that it’s tough to play full barre chords! Great job on the transcription. I’ll be back...
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Hi, correction in the lyrics: "For you and me, we understood."
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