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Caves Of Altamira by Steely Dan

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Song: The Caves of Altamira
Artist: Steely Dan
Album: The Royal Scam
Transcribed by: Charles Seymour
<charlesseymour@yahoo.com>

Intro F#m7 E/F# (x4)

Stanza 1:

F#m7       A7
I recall...small 

      Dmaj7        E7    Dmaj7
How I spent...alone 

F#m7           A7
    The busy...not...

     Dmaj7  E7   Eb7  Dmaj7
So I went...

F#sus4/C#
I would...garden... 
       
   F#/B   E/A   C#/F# 
...candle in my hand 

   B/E    Bbm7#5  Dmaj7 F#sus4/#C              
...hide...hall....sand 

Stanza 2 as above except for last line:

  Bmaj7                 E6 Eb7
A friend as real as I 

CHORUS:

  Dmaj7  A
Before...wrote... 
         
   Dmaj7    A   
...wasn't...Hollywood 

E    Dmaj7 
They heard...
 
   A
...wrote it...
 
    D/G           Gmaj7      
For you and me we understood 

Fmaj7  Emaj7  Dmaj7  Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Gmaj7 C#m7

Fm7 E/F# 

Stanza 3 as stanza 2

CHORUS 

Instrumental

F#m7(V)  C#m7  

F#m7(V)  C#m7 E7 Eb7 

Dmaj  F#sus4/C# 
 
F#/B   E/A   C#/F# 

B/E Bbm7#5 Bmaj7 E6 Eb7   

Suggested Voicings:

F#m7      [2x222x]
E/F#      [xx445x]
A7        [x02020]
Dmaj7     [xx0222]
E7        [xx2434]
Ebmaj7    [xx1323]
F#sus4/C# [x4x422]
F#/B      [x24322] 
E/A       [x02100]
C#/F#     [x9ba99]
B/E       [x79877]     
Bbm7#5    [6x667x]
Bmaj7     [7x887x]
E6        [xx2424]
E         [022100]
D/G       [xx5775]    
Gmaj7     [xx5777]
Fmaj7     [xx3555] 
Emaj7     [xx2444]
Dmaj7     [xx0222]
Cmaj7     [x3545x]
Amaj7     [5x66xx]  
Gmaj7     [3x44xx]
C#m7      [x46454]
F#m7(V)   [xx4655]


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