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