Do You Know the Way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick


Intro:
|Cmaj7    |Cmaj7    |Cmaj7    |Cmaj7    |  


Cmaj7           F6
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Cmaj79            Gsus4
I've been away so long. I may go wrong and lose my way.
Cmaj7           F6  
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Cmaj79            Gsus4
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.


Em7       Am7
L.A. is a great big freeway.
Em7            Am7           Em7   
Put a hundred down and buy a car.
C#m7b5           Cmaj7                   Em7/B
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star
Dm7             G
Weeks turn into years. How quick they pass
G           G                G
And all the stars that never were
            G                G
Are parking cars and pumping gas


Cmaj7          F6
You can really breathe in San Jose?
Cmaj79               Gsus4
They've got a lot of space. There'll be a place where I can stay
Cmaj7          F6  
I was born and raised in San Jose
Cmaj79            Gsus4
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.


Em7              Am7
Fame and fortune is a magnet.
Em7             Am7           Em7   
It can pull you far away from home
C#m7b5               Cmaj7              Em7/B
With a dream in your heart you're never alone.
Dm7              G              G
Dreams turn into dust and blow away
              G             G
And there you are without a friend
              G             G
You pack your car and ride away


Cmaj7            F6                   Cmaj7
I've got lots of friends in San Jose
Cmaj7           F6                   Cmaj7
Do you know the way to San Jose?


Interlude:
|C#maj7      |F#6       |C#maj7      |F#6       |Ab         |
           

Fm7       Bbm7
L.A. is a great big freeway.
Fm7           Bbm7           Fm7   
Put a hundred down and buy a car.
Dm7b5            C#maj7                  Fm7/C
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star
Ebm7            Ab
Weeks turn into years. How quick they pass
Ab          Ab               Ab
And all the stars that never were
            Ab               Ab
Are parking cars and pumping gas


C#maj7           F#6                C#maj7
I've got lots of friends in San Jose
C#maj7          F#6                 C#maj7
Do you know the way to San Jose?
C#maj7            F#6               C#maj7
Can't wait to get back to San Jose. 

Coda:
|C#maj7    |C#maj7    |C#maj7    |C#maj7    |    repeat and fade
            Ohohohoh              Ohohohoh


Chords:
Name         EADBGe    EADGBe
Cmaj7        x35453
Cmaj79       x35433
C#m7b5       x4545x
F6           1x323x    xx3535
Em7/B        x2545x    x2x433

Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – dec 2008
Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com