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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Up On The Roof
By:   The Drifters

{ capo fret 1 }
 
[intro:]  |G   |G   |
 
[verse: 1]
     |G                               |Em
When this old world starts getting me down
    |C                  |D             |G     |G   
And people are just too much for me to face
     |G                  |Em
I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs
    |C                |D               |G    |G
And all my cares just drift right into space
 

[chorus:]
 /  /   /      /   /  /     /  /   /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
|C      Cmaj7     |C       Cmaj7  |C   Cmaj7  |C    Cmaj7  
 On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
    |G              |Em               |C      |D           
And there the world below don't bother me____     Let me tell yah

 
[verse: 2]  {back vocals start}
   |G                                 |Em
So when I come home feeling tired and beat
     |C              |D               |G     |G
                                          (up on he roof)
I'll go up where the air is fresh and sweet____
     |G                   |Em
I'll get away from the hustling crowd
    |C                |D                |G       |G
                                              (up on he roof)
And all that rat-race noise down in the street____
 
 
[chorus:]
 /  /   /      /   /  /   /  /   /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
|C      Cmaj7     |C     Cmaj7  |C   Cmaj7  |C    Cmaj7  
On the roof   the  only  place I know___
     |G        (F)    |Em              |C    |D               |G            |G        |
                                                                  (up on the roof)
Where you just have to wish to make it so___  let's go  up om the roof

 
[solo: violins]  {over 1/2 verse chords}
                 |G      |Em
                 |C      |D    |G     |G
 
[chorus: ]
    /  /      / /   /  /     /   /   /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
   |C        Cmaj7 |C       Cmaj7   |C   Cmaj7  |C    Cmaj7  
At night the stars put on a show for free
     |G             |Em              |C     |D               |
And darling you can share it all with me__   I keep on telling you that


[verse: 4
|G                                |Em
 Right smack dab in the middle of town
     |C          |D                  |G     |G
I've found a paradise that's trouble proof
    |G                       |Em
And if this old world starts getting you down
        |C              |D            |G             |G
                                          (up on the roof)
There's room enough for two up on the roof
 
[coda:]
                   |Em  
                        (up on the roof)               
         Up on the roof
                   |G   
                        (up on the roof)
         Up on the roof
                   |Em
                        (up on the roof)
         Up on the roof
                   |G            |G              {finish} 
                       (up on the roof____)
         Up on the roof____

 

chords:

C       032010  or 335553
Cmaj7   332000  or 335453
D       000232  or 557775
Em      022000  or 779987
F       133211
G       320003  or 355433