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