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Intro 2X: bass: v v v v ----------------- ----------------- -3---3---3---3--- ----------------- (backing vocals arr. for guitar): (C) v v v v v v v v v 12--10---8-7---5-|---3---1---------|--- -----------------|---------5---3---|-5- 12--10---9-7---5-|---4---2---------|--- -----------------|---------5---3---|-5- -----------------|-----------------|--- -----------------|-----------------|--- (Wo wo wo-wo wo wo wo-wo wo wo) Verse 1: C F6 Do you know the way to San Jose? C Gsus4 G 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 Gsus4 G 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#m7/5- Dm7/C G/B In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star Dm7 G (N.C.; organ fills and Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass bass continue) And all the stars that never were Are parking cars and pumping gas bass (w/bass drum): v v v v ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- -----3---3---3--- Verse 2: You can really breathe in San Jose They've got a lot of space, there'll be a place where I can stay I was born and raised in San Jose I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose Fame and fortune is a magnet It can pull you far away from home With a dream in your heart you're never alone Dreams turn into dust and blow away And there you are without a friend You pack your car and ride away Break: C F6 C I've got lots of friends in San Jose (wo wo wo-wo wo wo wo-wo wo wo) C F6 C Do you know the way to San Jose? (wo wo wo-wo wo wo wo-wo wo wo) (instrumental; key changes to Db) Dbmaj7 Dbmaj9 Gb6 2X / / / / / / / / bass: Ab6 N.C. v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -4-------4-------|-4-------4-4-3-2- repeat refrão 1 in Db Fm7 Bbm7 L.A. is a great big freeway Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7 Put a hundred down and buy a car Dm7/5- Ebm7/Db Ab/C In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star Ebm7 Ab (N.C.; organ fills and Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass bass continue) And all the stars that never were Are parking cars and pumping gas bass (w/bass drum): v v v v ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- -----4---4---4--- Coda: Db Gb6 Db I've got lots of friends in San Jose (wo wo wo-wo wo wo wo-wo wo wo) Db Gb6 Db Do you know the way to San Jose (wo wo wo-wo wo wo wo-wo wo wo) Db Gb6 Db Can't wait to get back to San Jose (wo wo wo-wo wo wo wo-wo wo wo) repeat intro in Db to fade bass: v v v v ----------------- ----------------- -4---4---4---4--- ----------------- (wo) (backing vocals arr. for guitar): (Db) v v v v v v v v v 13--11---9-8---6-|---4---2---------|--- -----------------|---------6---4---|-6- 13--11--10-8---6-|---5---3---------|--- -----------------|---------6---4---|-6- -----------------|-----------------|--- -----------------|-----------------|--- (Wo wo wo-wo wo wo wo-wo wo wo)
Em7 Am7 L.A. is a great big freeway Em7 Am7 Em7 Put a hundred down and buy a car C#m7/5- Dm7/C G/B In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star Dm7 G (N.C.; organ fills and Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass bass continue) And all the stars that never were Are parking cars and pumping gas
Fame and fortune is a magnet It can pull you far away from home With a dream in your heart you're never alone Dreams turn into dust and blow away And there you are without a friend You pack your car and ride away
Written by Burt Bacharach / Hal David
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