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