Drifters, Up On The Roof (1962)
Key: :[Ab] (w: Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
INTRO:
[Ab] Up on the roof, up on the roof
VERSE 1:
When
[Ab] this old world starts
[Fm] getting me down
And
[Db] people are just too
[Eb] much for me to
[Ab] face
I'll
[Ab] climb way up to the
[Fm] top of the stairs
And
[Db] all my cares just
[Eb] drift right into
[Ab] space
BRIDGE 1:
[Db] On the roof it's peaceful as can be
And
[Ab] there the world be-
[Fm]-low
can't bother
[Db] me ^
[Db]^
[D]^
[Eb open]
Let me tell you now...
VERSE 2:
When
[Ab] I come home feelin'
[Fm] tired and beat
I'll
[Db] go up where the
[Eb] air is fresh and
[Ab] sweet
I'll
[Ab] get away from the
[Fm] hustling crowd
And
[Db] all that rat-race
[Eb] noise down in the
[Ab] street
BRIDGE 2:
[Db] On the roofs the only place I know
Where
[Ab] you just have to
[Fm] wish
to make it
[Db] so ^
[Db]^
[D]^
[Eb open]
Let's go up on the
[Ab] roof
INSTRUMENTAL: [Ab] [Fm] [Db] [Eb] [Ab]
BRIDGE 3:
At
[Db] night the stars put on a show for free
And
[Ab] darling you can
[Fm] share it
all with
[Db] me ^
[Db]^
[D]^
[Eb open]
I keep on telling you that...
VERSE 3:
[Ab] Right smack dab in the
[Fm] middle of town
I've
[Db] found a para-
[Eb]-dise that's trouble
[Ab] proof
[Ab] And if this old world starts
[Fm] getting you down
There's
[Db] room enough for
[Eb] two up on the
[Ab] roof
OUTRO:
Up on the
[Fm] roof
Up on the
[Ab] roof
[Fm]
Up on the
[Ab] roof
