Song: Do you know the way to San Jose?
Artist: Dionne Warwick
Composers: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Tabbed by DJ 20th Feb 2017
I would recommend using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
NOTE: Where indicated as a slash in brackets
play as single bass notes.
(/C) = x3xxxx Em7 = 022030 Em6/C# = x42000
Cmaj7 = x35453 Am7 = x02213 Dm7/C = x30211
G7sus4 = 353533 Em = 022000 G/B = x20033
F6 = xx3231 Em * = xx2000 Dm7 = xx0211
G7 = 353433 Em7/D = xx0000 (/G) = 3xxxxx
Key change at Break
Dbmaj7 = x46564 Fm7 = 131111 Ebm7/Db = x4434x
Gb6 = xx4342 Bbm7 = x13121 Ab/C = x3111x
Fm7 = 131111 Fm = 133111 Ebm7 = x68676
Bbm7 = x13121 Fm * = xx3111 Ab = 466544
(/Db) = x4xxxx Fm7/Eb = xx1111 Ab7 = 464544
(/Ab) = 4xxxxx
N.C. = No chords
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Intro
(/C)(/C)(/C)(/C)
[Cmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh!
[Cmaj7] (/C)(/C)(/C)(/C)
Woh - [Cmaj7]woh, woh!
[Cmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh!
[Cmaj7] (/C)(/C)(/C)(/C)
Woh - woh, woh!
Verse 1
[Cmaj7] [F6]
Do you know the way to San Jose?
[Cmaj7] [G7sus4]
I've been away so long,
[G7sus4] [G7]
I may go wrong and lose my way,
[Cmaj7] [F6]
Do you know the way to San Jose?
[Cmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7]
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose
Bridge
[Em7] [Am7]
L.A. is a great big freeway,
[Em7] [Am7] [Em]
Put a hundred down and buy a car-----,
[Em] * [Em7/D] [Em6/C#] [Dm7/C]
In a week, maybe two,
[G/B]
They'll make you a star,
[Dm7] [G]
Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass,
[G] [G] [G7] [G]
And all the stars that never were...
[G7] [G] N.C. (/G)(/G)(/G)
Are parking cars and pumping gas
Verse 2
[Cmaj7] [F6]
You can really breathe in San Jose,
[Cmaj7] [G7sus4]
They've got a lot of space,
[G7]
There'll be a place where I can stay,
[Cmaj7] [F6]
I was born and raised in San Jose,
[Cmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7]
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose
Bridge
[Em7] [Am7]
Fame and fortune is a magnet,
[Em7] [Am7] [Em]
It can pull you far away from home-----,
[Em] * [Em7/D] [Em6/C#] [Dm7/C]
With a dream in your heart...
[G/B]
You're never a - lone,
[Dm7] [G]
Dreams turn into dust and blow away,
[G] [G] [G7] [G]
And there you are with - out a friend,
[G7] [G] N.C. (/G)(/G)(/G)
You pack your car and ride away
Chorus
[Cmaj7] [F6]
I've got lots of friends in San Jose!
[Cmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh! Woh - woh, woh!
[Cmaj7] [F6]
Do you know the way to San Jose?
[Cmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh! Woh - woh, woh!
Break
[Dbmaj7] [Gb6] [Dbmaj7] [Gb6]
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Dbmaj7] (/Db) (/Db) (/Db)
| / / / / |
Bridge
[Fm7] [Bbm7]
Oh, L.A. is a great big freeway,
[Fm7] [Bbm7] [Fm]
Put a hundred down and buy a car-----,
[Fm] * [Fm7/Eb] [Fm6/D] [Ebm7/Db]
In a week, maybe two,
[Ab/C]
They'll make you a star,
[Ebm7] [Ab]
Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass,
[Ab] [Ab] [Ab7] [Ab]
And all the stars that never were,
[Ab7] [Ab] N.C. (/Ab)(/Ab)(/Ab)
Are parking cars and pumping gas
Chorus
[Dbmaj7] [Gb6]
I've got lots of friends in San Jose!
[Dbmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh! Hoh - oh - woh!
[Dbmaj7] [Gb6]
Do you know the way to San Jose?
[Dbmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh! Humm - mm - mm!
[Dbmaj7] [Gb6]
Can't wait to get back to San Jose
Coda
[Dbmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh!
[Dbmaj7] (/Db)(/Db)(/Db)
Woh - woh...woh!
[Dbmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh!
[Dbmaj7] (/Db)(/Db)(/Db)
Woh - woh...woh!
[Dbmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh!
[Dbmaj7] (/Db)(/Db)(/Db)
Woh - woh...woh!
[Suggestion for ending]
[Dbmaj7]
Woh, woh, woh - oh! Woh, woh - oh!
[Dbmaj7] [Bmaj7] [Dbmaj7]
Woh, ...woh, ...woh!
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For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
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following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below sixteen of the diagrams
All the other chord boxes should be the default
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Cmaj7 F6 G7sus4 G7
<6 of 26> <2 of 28> <4 of 21> <6 of 41>
Em7 Am7 G/B G
<6 of 49> <3 of 46> <2 of 21> <2 of 27>
Dbmaj7 Gb6 Ebmaj7/Db Ab/C
<2 of 19> <2 of 26> <6 of 13> <7 of 19>
Ebm7 Ab7 Dbmaj7 Bmaj7
<2 of 30> <2 of 25> <2 of 19> <2 of 20>
