The Caves Of Altamira Chords by Steely Dan
Tempo:
157.4 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
E
D
C#m
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [F#m] [E]
[F#] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [C#m]
[F#m] I [A] recall when I was small [F#m] how I spent my days [E] alone.
[F#m]
The busy world [A] was not for me, [F#m] so I went and found my [E] own.
[D#]
[D] I would climb [C#] the garden wall [B] with a [A] candle [C#] in my hand.
[E] I'd hide inside [A#m] a hole of rock [D] and sand.
[C#m]
[F#m] On the stone [A] an ancient hand [D] in a faded yellow [E] green.
[F#m]
Made alive a worldly wonder often told but never [C#m] seen.
[G]
[F#m] Now and [C#m] ever bound to labor [F#] on the [E] sea and in [C#] the sky.
[B] Every [A#m] man and beast appeared [B] a friend as real as [C#m] I.
[C#] [F#m] Before the [A] fall when they wrote it on the wall.
When [D] there wasn't even [F#m] any Hollywood, [G#m] they [D] heard the call.
When [C#m] they wrote it on the [D] wall for you and [G] me we understood.
[F] [E] [D] [C#m] [C] [D]
[A] [G] [C#m] [F#]
[F#m] [E] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m] Can it be the sad design could be the very [E] same?
[F#m] A woolly man without a face and a beast without [E] a name.
[D#] [F#m] Nothing here [C#] but history, [B] can you see [E] what [C#] has been done?
[B] Memory [A#m] rushed over me, [B] now I step into the [C#m] storm.
[C#] [F#m] Before the fall [A] when they wrote it on the wall.
[D] When there wasn't even [F#m] any [E] Hollywood, [D] they heard the call.
[C#m] When they wrote it on the wall [Bm] for you and me we [G] understood.
[F] [E] [D] [C#m]
[C] [D] [A] [G] [C#m]
[F#m] [Bm]
[F#m]
[E] [Bm]
[F#m] [C#m] [D#]
[F#m] [C#m]
[B] [E] [C#]
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [A] [C#]
[F#m] Before the fall [A] when they wrote it on the wall.
[F#m] When there wasn't even any [E] Hollywood, [D] they heard the call.
[C#m] When they wrote it on the wall [Bm] for you and me [G] we [F] understood.
[E] [D] [C#m] [C] [D]
[A] [G] [C#m] [F#] [F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [F#m]
[G#] [A]
[D]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m]
[G#] [F#m]
[D]
[E] [D] [F#m]
[D]
[N]
[F#] [E]
[F#m] [E]
[F#m] [C#m]
[F#m] I [A] recall when I was small [F#m] how I spent my days [E] alone.
[F#m]
The busy world [A] was not for me, [F#m] so I went and found my [E] own.
[D#]
[D] I would climb [C#] the garden wall [B] with a [A] candle [C#] in my hand.
[E] I'd hide inside [A#m] a hole of rock [D] and sand.
[C#m]
[F#m] On the stone [A] an ancient hand [D] in a faded yellow [E] green.
[F#m]
Made alive a worldly wonder often told but never [C#m] seen.
[G]
[F#m] Now and [C#m] ever bound to labor [F#] on the [E] sea and in [C#] the sky.
[B] Every [A#m] man and beast appeared [B] a friend as real as [C#m] I.
[C#] [F#m] Before the [A] fall when they wrote it on the wall.
When [D] there wasn't even [F#m] any Hollywood, [G#m] they [D] heard the call.
When [C#m] they wrote it on the [D] wall for you and [G] me we understood.
[F] [E] [D] [C#m] [C] [D]
[A] [G] [C#m] [F#]
[F#m] [E] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m] Can it be the sad design could be the very [E] same?
[F#m] A woolly man without a face and a beast without [E] a name.
[D#] [F#m] Nothing here [C#] but history, [B] can you see [E] what [C#] has been done?
[B] Memory [A#m] rushed over me, [B] now I step into the [C#m] storm.
[C#] [F#m] Before the fall [A] when they wrote it on the wall.
[D] When there wasn't even [F#m] any [E] Hollywood, [D] they heard the call.
[C#m] When they wrote it on the wall [Bm] for you and me we [G] understood.
[F] [E] [D] [C#m]
[C] [D] [A] [G] [C#m]
[F#m] [Bm]
[F#m]
[E] [Bm]
[F#m] [C#m] [D#]
[F#m] [C#m]
[B] [E] [C#]
[B] [F#]
[G#m] [A] [C#]
[F#m] Before the fall [A] when they wrote it on the wall.
[F#m] When there wasn't even any [E] Hollywood, [D] they heard the call.
[C#m] When they wrote it on the wall [Bm] for you and me [G] we [F] understood.
[E] [D] [C#m] [C] [D]
[A] [G] [C#m] [F#] [F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[A] [F#m]
[G#] [A]
[D]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [F#m]
[G#] [F#m]
[D]
[E] [D] [F#m]
[D]
[N]
Key:
F#m
E
D
C#m
A
F#m
E
D
[F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [F#m] I [A] recall when I was small [F#m] how I spent my days [E] alone.
_ [F#m] _
_ The busy world [A] was not for me, [F#m] so I went and found my [E] own.
[D#] _ _
_ [D] _ I would climb [C#] the garden wall [B] with a [A] candle [C#] in my hand. _
[E] I'd hide inside [A#m] a hole of rock [D] and sand.
[C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ On the stone [A] an ancient hand [D] in a faded yellow [E] green.
[F#m] _
_ _ Made alive a worldly wonder often told but never [C#m] seen.
[G] _
_ [F#m] _ _ Now and [C#m] ever bound to labor [F#] on the [E] sea and in [C#] the sky.
_ _ [B] Every [A#m] man and beast appeared [B] a friend as real as [C#m] I. _
[C#] _ [F#m] Before the [A] fall when they wrote it on the wall.
When [D] there wasn't even [F#m] any Hollywood, [G#m] they [D] heard the call.
When [C#m] they wrote it on the [D] wall for you and [G] me we understood.
[F] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [G] _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ Can it be the sad design could be the very [E] same?
[F#m] _ _ _ A woolly man without a face and a beast without [E] a name.
[D#] _ _ [F#m] _ Nothing here [C#] but history, [B] can you see [E] what [C#] has been done?
_ _ [B] _ Memory [A#m] rushed over me, [B] now I step into the [C#m] storm.
[C#] _ [F#m] Before the fall [A] when they wrote it on the wall.
[D] When there wasn't even [F#m] any [E] Hollywood, [D] they heard the call.
[C#m] When they wrote it on the wall [Bm] for you and me we [G] understood.
[F] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [C#m] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D#] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#m] Before the fall [A] when they wrote it on the wall.
[F#m] When there wasn't even any [E] Hollywood, [D] they heard the call.
[C#m] When they wrote it on the wall [Bm] for you and me [G] we [F] understood.
[E] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ [G] _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _
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[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
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[G#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ [D] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [F#m] I [A] recall when I was small [F#m] how I spent my days [E] alone.
_ [F#m] _
_ The busy world [A] was not for me, [F#m] so I went and found my [E] own.
[D#] _ _
_ [D] _ I would climb [C#] the garden wall [B] with a [A] candle [C#] in my hand. _
[E] I'd hide inside [A#m] a hole of rock [D] and sand.
[C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ On the stone [A] an ancient hand [D] in a faded yellow [E] green.
[F#m] _
_ _ Made alive a worldly wonder often told but never [C#m] seen.
[G] _
_ [F#m] _ _ Now and [C#m] ever bound to labor [F#] on the [E] sea and in [C#] the sky.
_ _ [B] Every [A#m] man and beast appeared [B] a friend as real as [C#m] I. _
[C#] _ [F#m] Before the [A] fall when they wrote it on the wall.
When [D] there wasn't even [F#m] any Hollywood, [G#m] they [D] heard the call.
When [C#m] they wrote it on the [D] wall for you and [G] me we understood.
[F] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [G] _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ Can it be the sad design could be the very [E] same?
[F#m] _ _ _ A woolly man without a face and a beast without [E] a name.
[D#] _ _ [F#m] _ Nothing here [C#] but history, [B] can you see [E] what [C#] has been done?
_ _ [B] _ Memory [A#m] rushed over me, [B] now I step into the [C#m] storm.
[C#] _ [F#m] Before the fall [A] when they wrote it on the wall.
[D] When there wasn't even [F#m] any [E] Hollywood, [D] they heard the call.
[C#m] When they wrote it on the wall [Bm] for you and me we [G] understood.
[F] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [C#m] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D#] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#m] Before the fall [A] when they wrote it on the wall.
[F#m] When there wasn't even any [E] Hollywood, [D] they heard the call.
[C#m] When they wrote it on the wall [Bm] for you and me [G] we [F] understood.
[E] _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ [G] _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _
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[Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ [D] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _