Song: Do you know the way to San Jose?
Artist: Dionne Warwick
Composers: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
20th Feb 2017
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might
automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:
Cmaj7 = x35453 C#m7-5 = x42000 Bbm7 = x13121
C = x32010 Dm7/C = x30231 Fm = 133111
F6 = xx3231 G/B = x20033 Dm7-5 = xx0111
G7sus4 = 353533 Dm7 = xx0211 Ebm7/Db = x4434x
G7 = 353433 G = 320033 Ab/C = x3111x
Em7 = 022030 Dbmaj7 = x46564 Ebm7 = x68676
Am7 = x02213 Bmaj7 = x24342 Ab = 466544
Em = 022000 Fm7 = 131111 Gb6 = xx4342
^ = Emphasise the beats
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[Intro]
e |-----------|-----------|
B |-----------|-----------|
G |-----------|-----------|
D |-----------|-----------|
A |---3---3---|---3---3---|
E |-----------|-----------|
Cmaj7
(Woh, woh, woh -oh! Woh, woh -oh! Woh-woh...
...woh!)
e |-----------|-----------|
B |-----------|-----------|
G |-----------|-----------|
D |-----------|-----------|
A |---3---3---|---3---3---|
E |-----------|-----------|
Cmaj7
(Woh, woh, woh -oh! Woh, woh -oh! Woh-woh, woh!)
[Verse 1]
C F6
Do you know the way to San Jose?
C G7sus4 G7
I've been away so long, I may go wrong and lose my way,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
C F6
Do you know the way to San Jose?
C G7sus4 G7
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jo - se!
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
Em7 Am7
L.A. is a great big freeway,
Em7 Am7 Em
Put a hundred down and buy a car-------,
C#m7-5
e |--------0----|
B |--------0----|
G |--------0----|
D |---2-0--2----|
A |--------4----|
E |-------------|
Dm7/C G/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
...Are parking cars and pumping gas!
e |--------------|
B |--------------|
G |--------------|
D |--------------|
A |--------------|
E |----3--3--3---|
[Verse 3]
C F6 C G7sus4
You can really breathe in San Jose, they've got a lot of space,
G7
There'll be a place where I can stay,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
C F6
I was born and raised in San Jose,
C G7sus4 G7
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jo - se!
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 4]
Em7 Am7
Fame and fortune is a magnet,
Em7 Am7 Em
It can pull you far away from home------,
C#m7-5
e |--------0----|
B |--------0----|
G |--------0----|
D |---2-0--2----|
A |--------4----|
E |-------------|
Dm7/C G/B
With a dream in your heart you're never a - lone,
Dm7 G
Dreams turn into dust and blow away,
G G G
And there you are without a friend,
G
You pack your car and ride away!
e |--------------|
B |--------------|
G |--------------|
D |--------------|
A |--------------|
E |----3--3--3---|
[Verse 5]
C F6
I've got lots of friends in San Jose!
Cmaj7
(Woh, woh, woh -oh! Woh, woh -oh! Woh-woh, woh!)
C F6
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Cmaj7
(Woh, woh, woh -oh! Woh, woh -oh! Woh-woh, woh!)
[Break]
Dbmaj7 Bmaj7 Dbmaj7 Bmaj7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Dbmaj7
e |--4------------|
B |--6------------|
G |--5------------|
D |--6------------|
A |--4------------|
E |-----4--4--4---|
[Verse 6]
Fm7 Bbm7
Oh----, L.A. is a great big freeway,
Fm7 Bbm7 Fm
Put a hundred down and buy a car------,
Dm7-5
e |--------1----|
B |--------1----|
G |--------1----|
D |---3-1--0----|
A |-------------|
E |-------------|
Ebm7/Db Ab/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
Are parking cars and pumping gas!
e |--------------|
B |--------------|
G |--------------|
D |--------------|
A |--------------|
E |----4--4--4---|
[Verse 7]
Dbmaj7 Gb6
I've got lots of friends in San Jose!
Dbmaj7
(Woh, woh, woh -oh! Woh, woh -oh! Woh-woh, woh!)
Dbmaj7 Gb6
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Dbmaj7
(Woh, woh, woh -oh! Woh, woh -oh! Woh-woh, woh!)
Dbmaj7 Gb6
Can't wait to get back to San Jose!
Dbmaj7
(Woh, woh, woh -oh! Woh, woh -oh! Woh-woh...
...woh!)
e |---------------|
B |---------------|
G |---------------|
D |---------------|
A |---------------|
E |--4--4--4--4---|
[Repeat Coda]
Dbmaj7
(Woh, woh, woh -oh! Woh, woh -oh! Woh-woh...
...woh!)
e |---------------|
B |---------------|
G |---------------|
D |---------------|
A |---------------|
E |--4--4--4--4---|
[Suggestion for ending]
Dbmaj7 Bmaj7 Dbmaj7
(Woh, woh, woh -oh! Woh, woh -oh! Woh, ...woh, ...woh!)
