Rode Ode chords by The Carpenters

Intro:

Fm7   F/F      Fm7   F/F


 Verse 1 :
Fm9                          Fm7
    I've been on this lonely road so long
Fm9          Fm/B               F#m7-5
    Does any body know where it goes
Fmaj7  Gm7        Fm7
I re   member the last time
    Gm7           Fmaj7        Cm/Fm    G7sus4  G7
The signs pointed home a month ago

 Verse 2 :
Fm9                       Fm7
    Rented cars and empty motel rooms
Fm9          Fm/B           F#m7-5
    Lead you everywhere but home
Fmaj7     Gm7    Fm7
Crowds of people shouting
    Gm7           F
How they love the show
           B
They don't know

 Chorus :
Fm7             F
    The endless crowds of faces
Fm7              F
    Just keep on wearing a smile
Fm7              F                Fmaj9
   The countless times and places lead me back
       Gm7
Please take me back

Fm7       |F        |Fm7     |F        :
 home    oo  oo oo


 Verse 3 :
Fm9                            Fm7
    I wonder if these feelings ever change
Fm9           Fm/B                 F#m7-5
     How many times I'll lift this load
Fmaj7   Gm7    Fm7          Gm7
Come to morrow I'll be gone again
Fmaj7    Gm7     Fm7          Gm7
Roads of sorrows coming to an end for
Fm7      |F        |Fm9       :F
 me  -    -ee        -ee       -ee

Fm7            F
   The endless crowds of faces
Fm7             F
   Just keep on wearing a smile
Fm7              F                Fmaj9
   The countless times and places lead me back
       Gm7
Please take me back

Fm7      |F       :
 home

flute solo:

Fm7   F    |Fm7   F    |Fm7   F    |Fmaj7     :
 /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /

Gm7        |Fm7        |F          |Fm7        :F
 /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /

Fm9                            Fm7
    I wonder if these feelings ever change
Fm9           Fm/B                 F#m7-5
     How many times I'll lift this load
Fmaj7   Gm7    Fm7          Gm7
Come to morrow I'll be gone again
Fmaj7    Gm7     Fm7          Gm7
Roads of sorrows coming to an end for
Fm7      |F        |Fm9      |F         :
 me  -    -ee       -ee       -ee

Fm9        |Fm7        |Fm9  Fm/B  |F#m7-5    :
 /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /

Fmaj7 Gm7  |Fm7  Gm7   |Fmaj7 Gm7  |Fm7   Gm7 :
 /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /

F/Gb       |Gb/Fb      |F                                          :
 /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /