Carpenters – Rode Ode (Guitar)

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[Intro]
|Em7            |A/E            |Em7            |A/E           |
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[ Verse 1 ]
Em9                          Am7
    I've been on this lonely road so long

Em9          Em/D               C#m7-5
    Does any body know where it goes

Cmaj7  Bm7        Am7
I re   member the last time

    Bm7           Cmaj7        F#/A#    B7sus4  B7
The signs pointed home a month ago
[ Verse 2 ]
Em9                       Am7
    Rented cars and empty motel rooms

Em9          Em/D           C#m7-5
    Lead you everywhere but home

Cmaj7     Bm7    Am7
Crowds of people shouting

    Bm7           C
How they love the show

           D
They don't know
[ Chorus ]
Em7             A
    The endless crowds of faces

Em7              A
    Just keep on wearing a smile

Em7              A                Cmaj9
   The countless times and places lead me back

       Bm7
Please take me back

|Em7            |A/E            |Em7            |A/E           |
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home oo oo oo [ Verse 3 ]
Em9                            Am7
    I wonder if these feelings ever change

Em9           Em/D                 C#m7-5
     How many times I'll lift this load

Cmaj7   Bm7    Am7          Bm7
Come to morrow I'll be gone again

Cmaj7    Bm7     Am7          Bm7
Roads of sorrows coming to an end for

|Em7      |A        |Em9       |A
 me  -    -ee        -ee       -ee
[Chorus]
Em7            A
   The endless crowds of faces

Em7             A
   Just keep on wearing a smile

Em7              A                Cmaj9
   The countless times and places lead me back

       Bm7
Please take me back

|Em7                |A               |
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home flute solo:
|Em7       A        |Em7       A        |Em7       A        |Cmaj7           |
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|Bm7                |
 *    *    *    *    

|Em7                |A                  |Em7                |A                |
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[Verse 4]
Em9                            Am7
    I wonder if these feelings ever change

Em9           Em/D                 C#m7-5
     How many times I'll lift this load

Cmaj7   Bm7    Am7          Bm7
Come to morrow I'll be gone again

Cmaj7    Bm7     Am7          Bm7
Roads of sorrows coming to an end for
[Closing sequence]
|Em7       A         Em9       A         
 me  -    -ee       -ee       -ee

|Em9                |Am7                |Em9       Em/D     |C#m7-5          |
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|Cmaj7     Bm7      |Am7       Bm7      |Cmaj7     Bm7      |Am7       Bm7   |
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|C/Bb               |Bb/Ab              |A ................................. |
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