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