Up On The Roof by Carole King & Gerry Goffin, sung by The Drifters

Up On The Roof

1962

Carole King & Gerry Goffin, sung by The Drifters

CC6CM7DEmG

6 chords used in this song

G	Em
GWhen this old world starts a	Emgetting me down

	C	D	G
And	Cpeople are just too	Dmuch for me to	Gface

	G	Em
I	Gclimb way up to the	Emtop of the stairs

	C	D	G
And	Call my cares just	Ddrift right into	Gspace

C	C6	CM7	C
COn the roof, it's	C6peaceful as can	CM7be	C

	G	Em	C	D
And	Gthere the world be	Emlow can't bother	Cme	D

	G	Em
So when	GI come home feeling	Emtired and beat

	C	D	G
I	Cgo up where the	Dair is fresh and	Gsweet

	G	Em
I	Gget away from the	Emhustling crowd

	C	D	G
And	Call that rat race	Dnoise down in the	Gstreet

C	C6	CM7	C
COn the roof, the	C6only place I	CM7know	C

	G	Em	C
Where	Gyou just have to	Emwish to make it	Cso

	D	G
Let's	Dgo up on the	Groof

Instrumental (verse)

     G      Em     C     D     G
A |-------0-32-----3-2---------2
E |--3-3-3-3--3-3-3---3--0--03--
C |-2-------------------2--2----
G |-----------------------------

	C	C6	CM7	C
At	Cnight the stars, put	C6on a show for	CM7free	C

	G	Em	C	D
And	Gdarling, you can	Emshare it all with	Cme	D

I keep a telling you

G	Em
GRight smack dab in the	Emmiddle of town

	C	D	G
I've	Cfound a para	Ddise that's trouble	Gproof

	G	Em
And	Gif this world starts	Emgetting you down

	C	D	G
There's	Croom enough for	Dtwo up on the	Groof

	Em	G
Up on the	Emroof, up on the	Groof

	Em	G
Up on the	Emroof, up on the	Groof

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