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