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