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