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