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