Key: E major
Intro 1
E
F#
F#m
F#
F#m
Verse 1
F#
The whole thing started
F#m
at the dawn of man
F#
He was sitting on a rock with
F#m
a club in his hand
B
The very first time he laid eyes on her
F#
She was dressed to kill in a
F#m
saber- tooth fur
C#
C#m
The hadn't invented any words to say
B
But he asked her in a primitive way
F#
Do you want to go back to the cave
Verse 2
B
Back to the cave make a little fire
F#
A man and a woman and
a primal desire
B
That's the way it is that's
the way it was
C#m
Before he made the wheel
C#
man was making love
F#
Verse 3
F#m
F#
A mil lion years later in a Texas bar
F#m
F#
A cowboy's listening to steel guitar
F#m
B
When she says hi my
name's Irene
F#
She's wearing bright red ropers
F#m
and tight blue jeans
C#
His eyes light up and his brain goes dim
B
He tries to be cool but she hears him say
F#
You want to go back to the cave
Verse 4
B
Back to the cave make a little fire
F#
A man and a woman and
a primal desire
B
That's the way it is that's
the way it was
C#m
Before he made the wheel man was
C#
making love
Interlude 1
F#
C#
B
C#
B
C#
F#
F#m
Verse 5
F#
So you be Wilma and I'll
F#m
F#
F#m
be Fred
F#
We'll throw the cat out the window
B
F#m
A
F#m
put the kids to bed
B
Take a little trip through
F#m
history
Do what's always come naturally
C#
In the time machine at the
end of the hall
B
We can be a couple of Neanderthals
F#m
Do you want to go back to the cave
Verse 6
B
Back to the cave make a little fire
F#
A man and a woman and
a primal desire
B
That's the way it is that's
the way it was
C#m
Before he made the wheel
C#
man was making love
Verse 7
B
Don't blame us for the way we behave
F#
The only way we know goes
C#
F#
back to the cave
F#m
It's been done instinctively
B
Through pre- history
C#
The road to the future
F#
F#m
E
Leads
B
back to the
F#m
cave
Outro 1
F#m
E
F#m
F#
F#m
F#
F#m
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