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
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The Caves Of Altamira chords
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[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]
Key:  
F#m
123111112
E
2311
D
1321
C#m
13421114
A
1231
F#m
123111112
E
2311
D
1321
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To learn Steely Dan - The Caves Of Altamira chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: C, D, A, G, C#m, E, F#m, A, F#m, C#m, F#m and E. A strategic approach would be to train at 78 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 157. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: F# Minor.

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[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] _

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