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Do You Know The Way To San Jose by The Carpenters

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Verse 1:
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD11D11
Do you know the way to San Jose? I've been away so long.
     Chord diagramD MajorD
I may go wrong and lose my way.
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD11D11        Chord diagramD MajorD
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.

Bridge:
Chord diagramBm7Bm7     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7        Chord diagramBm7Bm7       Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramBm7Bm7
 L.A. is a great big freeway,  put a hundred down and buy a car.
Chord diagramG#dim7G#dim7       Cmaj7/G         Chord diagramD MajorD
 In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star.
Chord diagramAm7Am7       Chord diagramD MajorD
Weeks turn into years. How quick they pass
Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD MajorD          N.C.
 and all the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas.

Verse 2:
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD11D11
You can really breathe in San Jose? They've got a lot of space.
       Chord diagramD MajorD
There'll be a place where I can stay.
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
I was born and raised in San Jose,
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD11D11        Chord diagramD MajorD
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.

Bridge:
Chord diagramBm7Bm7        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7     Chord diagramBm7Bm7        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramBm7Bm7
 Fame and fortune is a magnet,  it can pull you far away from home.
Chord diagramG#dim7G#dim7         Cmaj7/G       Chord diagramD MajorD
 With a dream in your heart you're never alone.
Chord diagramAm7Am7       Chord diagramD MajorD
Dreams turn into dust and blow away
Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramD MajorD        N.C.
 and there you are without a friend, you pack your car and ride away.

Outro:
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG+G
I've got lots of friends in San Jose.
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG+G
Can't wait to get back to San Jose.
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG+G
Do you know the way to San Jose?

Repeat And Fade:
Chord diagramG+G

Additional Lyrics, not used by Carpenters as far as I know:
I've got lots of friends in San Jose
Do you know the way to San Jose?
L.A. is a great big freeway
Put a hundred down and buy a car
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star
Weeks turn into years. How quick they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas

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