Up on the roof (intro) (midi) (sample)

G Em

1. When this old world starts getting me down,

C D G

and people are just too much for me to face.

Em

I climb way up to the top of the stairs,

C D G

and all my cares just drift right into space.

C

On the roof, it's peaceful as can be,

G Em C - D

and there the world below can't bother me.

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Let me tell you now…

G Em

2. When I come home feelin' tired and beat

C D G

I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof).

Em

I get away from the hustling crowd,

C D G

and all that rat-race noise down in the street (up on the roof).

C

On the roof’s the only place I know,

G Em C D

where you just have to wish to make it so. Let's go

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up on the roof (up on the roof) !

G - Em - C - D - G

C

At night the stars put on a show for free,

G Em C - D

and, darling, you can share it all with me.

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I keep a-tellin' you

G Em

3. Right smack dab in the middle of town

C D G

I've found a paradise that's trouble proof (up on the roof).

Em

And if this world starts getting you down,

C D G

there's room enough for two up on the roof (up on the roof).

Em

Up on the roo-oo-oof (up on the roof),

G

oh, come on, baby (up on the roof),

Em

oh, come on, honey (up on the roof),

G

everything is all right (up on the roof)….

(capo 1st)

(The Drifters)