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